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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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