| A | B |
|---|
| Absolutism | When a monarch has complete control over the people |
| Monarch | Hereditary king/queen |
| Divine Rights | Claim kings power to rule comes from God. Similiar to the Chinese "Mandate of Heaven" |
| Louis XIV | The Sun King. 1600's ruled France, spent lots of money and put France in debt |
| Puritans | Religious Protestants in England who disagreed w/ absolute rule in England |
| Oliver Cromwell | Leader of Parliamentary Army who fought and won English Civil War against absolute rule |
| Glorious Revolution | Parliament chose new king and queen for England and required them to sign the English Bill of Rights |
| English Bill of Rights | Set of laws that made England a limited monarchy |
| Peter the Great | Czar of Russia, Westernized and modernized Russia |
| Catherine the Great | Czarina of Russia, modernized Russia. Fought to get a warm water port for Russia for trade |
| Ivan the Terrible | Brutal absolute ruler of Russia |
