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| American Revolution | This was the first succesful colonial imdependence movement against a European power. 1775-1783 |
| Authoritarian | A type of government in which one person or a small group has absolute power, though may not be led by a charismatic leader with a specific or state-mandated ideology |
| Catholic Church | This is the world's largest Christian denomination, embracing over half of the world's Christians and one-sixth of the world's population. It is led by the Pope. |
| Cavaliers | This name is given to the people who supported King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642-1651) |
| Charles I | He was the king of England from 1625 - 1649, when he was dethroned during the English Civil War and eventually executed. |
| Charles II | He ruled as King of England from 1660-1685, years after the English Civil War which had resulted in the execution of his fatherm, who had been king. |
| Constitutional Monarchy | This is a form of government in which a monarch is the ehad of state but his or her powers are restricted by law, usually within a parliamentary system. |
| Copernicus | This Polish Renaissance astronomer was the first to formulate the heliocentrism, which placed the sun at the center of the universe. |
| Cromwell | He was a 17th Century British politican whose efforts in the English Civil War resulted in Britain's transformation into a republican Commonwealth and earned him the title of "First Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland." |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | This is the name given to the document of the French Revolution that defined individual and governmental rights. |
| Deductive reasoning | This refers to the process of making conclusions based on previous examples and a premise that they are true and accurate. |
| Divine Right | This old system of government held that monarchs were not responsible to their subjects, only to the God, who gave the monarch the right and power to rule. |
| English Bill of Rights | Passed by English Parliament in 1689, it limited the power of the monarch, but would later become very influential in the creation of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution |
| English Civil War | This is the name of the 17th century conflict between those loyal to Parliament and those loyal to British monarchy |
| Enlightenment | This was an 18th century intellectual movement beginning in France |
| French Revolution | This was a revolution from 1789-1800 that was inspired by revolution in North America |
| Galileo | Perhaps the most important figure of the Scientific Revolution, this Italian astronomer and mathematician was condemned by the Catholic Church in the 1600s for popularizing heliocentrism . |
| Geocentric | This astronomical model held that the Earth was the center of orbit for all celestial bodies, something eventually disaproved by Copernicus and others. |
| Glorious Revolution | This was the overthrow of James II of England in 1688, which gave Parliament control of the government. |
| Heliocentrism | This is the astronomical observation that the Earth revolves around the Sun, not the other way around; a model that was popularized by Copernicus and Galileo. |
| Inductive Reasoning | This refers to the process of making conclusions based on a series or set of observations. |
| James I | Father of Charles I. House of Stuart. Became King of England after Elizabeth I. Helped to support the writing of the King James Bible |
| James II | Brother of Charles II. James II was Catholic and Protestant leaders in England feared he would return England to the turmoil of becoming a Catholic nation after over a century and a half of being Protestant since the establishment of the Church of England in 1535. Was overthrown by his daughter Mary, and her husband, William of Orange, in the Glorious Revolution. |
