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absolutism
when a ruler has complete rule over their people
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checks and balances
branches of government to distribute power
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divine right of kings
when a King believed his power as ruler was given by God
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edict of nantes
a document allowing protestants of France to become equal with Catholics
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thirty years war
longest and most destructive war in Europe
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louis xiv
sun king, king by divine right
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versailles
residence of louis xiv and his family
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peter the great
Russian leader went down as a fantastic leader
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czar
emperor or king
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catherine the great
empress of Russia, overthrew peter
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english civil war
parliament vs. royalists fight for freedom
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charles I
king of england, scotland and ireland, led the civil war
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roundheads
parliaments
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cavaliers
royalist
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oliver cromwell
english politician who led the army
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commonwealth
association whose goal is to maintain peace
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charles II
king of scotland
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james II
charles younger brother, king of scotland
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glorious revolution
chain of events leading to the deposition of james II
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william and mary
had joint reignover england, scotland, ireland
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thomas hobbes
creator of social contract
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john locke
enlightenment thinker “life, liberty, property“
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natural rights
rights we were born with
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social contract
agreement of our rights in the enlightenment age
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age of enlightenment
movement when people were trying to separate from the government
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philosophe
meaning “philosopher“ in french, enlightenment thinkers
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Baron de Montesquieu
created separation of powers
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voltaire
believed that only an enlightened monarch could bring change
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
philosopher who influenced the age of enlightenment, reconceived the social contract
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Mary Wollstonecraft
created the rights of women, was a woman’s activist
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salon
a women’s informal education
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separation of powers
legislative, executive, judicial
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deism
belief in divine right and that everything is given by God
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enlightened absolutism
monarchs influenced by enlightenment, which gave them more power
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