Chapter 7-1 Flashcards
(5 cards)
Puritans
English Protestants from 16th-17th centuries
Divine right of kings
The belief that kings receive power from God and are responsible only to God.
Oliver Cromwell
Leader of commonwealth of England and military Genius
English bill of rights
1689
Limited the power of monarchy and have citizens freedoms
Absolutism
A political system in which a ruler holds total power