Absolutism & Revolutions Vocabulary

Flashcards for Absolutism & Revolutions Terms

Divine right

Belief that monarchs are chosen by God

Absolutism

Government where monarch has total power

Versailles

Lavish palace of Louis XIV

Magna Carta

1215 document limiting English royal power

Cavaliers vs. Roundheads

English Civil War factions: Royalists vs. Parliamentarians

Glorious Revolution

1688 overthrow of James II, bloodless transition

English Bill of Rights

1689 document that limited monarchy and listed citizens' rights

Louis XIV

French absolute monarch, Sun King, built Versailles

Charles I

English king executed during Civil War

Oliver Cromwell

Led Parliament forces, ruled as Lord Protector

Charles II

Restoration monarch in England

William & Mary

Took English throne in Glorious Revolution

Ivan the Terrible

First Russian czar, used secret police

Peter the Great

Westernized and modernized Russia

Catherine the Great

Expanded Russian territory and power