absolutism Flashcards

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Ivan the terrible

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Russia, hired police to kill masses of people, first to use Czar, time of trouble happened after he died

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Fredrick the great

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Prussia, followed military policies and believed in all religions and fathered his people

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divine right

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idea that monarchs were gods representatives and justified absolute rule

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glorious revolution

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bloodless overthrow of James II by William and Mary

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Louis XIV

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Frances most powerful leader, “I am the state”, major debt, too many wars

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Peter the great

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one of Russia’s best leaders, westernization, new capital of Russia was St. Petersburg, Moscow wanted a port to Baltic Sea

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