Constitutionalism

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Bill of Rights 1689

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English document declaring sovereignty resided with Parliament

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Absolutism

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The theory that the monarch is supreme and can exercise full and complete power unilaterally.

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Charles I 1652-1649

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Stuart King who brought conflict with Parliament to a head and was subsequently executed

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Charles II 1660-1685

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Stuart King during the restoration, following Cromwells interregnum

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Colbert 1619- 1683

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The financial minister under the French King Louis XIV who promoted mercantilist products

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Constitutionalism

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The theory that power should be shared between rulers and their subjects and the state governed according to laws

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Oliver Cromwell 1559-1658

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The principal leader and a gentry member if the puritans in parliament

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Diggers and Levellers

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Radical groups in England in the 1650’s who called for the abolition of private ownership and extension of the franchise

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Divine right monarchy

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The belief that a monarchs power derives from God and represents him on Earth

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Frederick the Great 1740-1786

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The Prussian ruler who expanded his territory by invading the duchy if Silesia and defeating !aria Theresa of Austria

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Frederick William 1640-1688

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The “great elector” who built a strong Prussian army and infused military values into a Prussian society

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French classicism

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The style in seventeenth-century art and literature resembling the arts In the ancient world and in the renaissance; works of Poussin, moliere, and Racine

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Fronde

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The last aristocratic revolt against a French monarch

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Glorious Revolution

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A reference to the political events 1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of orange

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Habeas Corpus

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The legal protection that prohibits the imprisonment of a subject without demonstrated cause

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Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679

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Political theorist advocating absolute monarchy based on his concept of an anarchic state of nature

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Interregnum

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The period of Cromwellian rule (1649-1659) between the Stuart dynastic rules of Charles I and Charles II

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James I (1603-1625)

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Stuart monarch who ignored constitutional principles and asserted the divine rights of kings

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John Locke 1632-1704

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Political theorist who defended the Glorious revolution with the argument that all people are born with certain natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

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Louis XIV 1643-1715

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Also known as the “sun king” the ruler of France who established the supremacy of absolutism in seventeenth-century Europe

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Maria Theresa 1740-1780

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Archduchess of Austria, queen of Hungary, who lost the Hapsburg Possession of Silesia to Frederick the Great but was able to keep her other Austrian territories

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Mercantilism

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Governmental policies by which the state regulates the economy, through taxes, tariffs, subsides, laws

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New model army

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The disciplined fighting force of Protestants led by Oliver Cromwell in the English civil war

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Peace of Utrecht 1713

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The pact concluding the war of the Spanish succession, forbidding the union of France with Spain, and conferring control of Gibraltar on England

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Peter the Great 1682-1725

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The Romanov czar who initiated the westernization of Russian society by traveling to the west and incorporating techniques of manufacturing as well as manners and dress

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Petition of Right (1628)

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Parliamentary document that restricted the King's power. Most notably, it called for recognition of the writ of Habeas corpus and held that only parliament could impose new taxes

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Puritan Revolution

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A reference to the English civil war 1642-1646, waged to determine whether sovereignty would reside in the monarch or in parliament

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Puritans

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Protestant sect in England hoping to "purify" the Anglican Church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization

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Restoration

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The return of the Stuart monarchy 1660 after the period of republican government under Cromwell-in fact, a military dictatorship

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Test Act 1673

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Law prohibiting Catholics and dissenters to hold political office

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Versailles

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Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility

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War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713

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The last of Louis XIV wars involving the issue of succession to the Spanish throne

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William of Orange

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(1672-1702) Dutch prince and foe of Louis XIV who became king of England in 1689