Absolutism vs. Constitutional Monarchy

Edward VI

Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary)

Elizabeth I

Mary Queen of Scots

Act of Uniformity

(new) Act of Supremacy

Philip II

The Spanish Armada

Who succeeded Henry VIII? How did their reigns differ from one another?

What challenges did Queen Elizabeth face? What were her solutions?

British East India Company

Catholics

Puritans

The Elizabethan Age (Golden Age)

Divine Right of Kings

James I

James I vs. Parliament

Charles I

How did England transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional

monarchy?

Charles I vs. Parliament

The Petition of Right

The English Civil War (causes & results)

Oliver Cromwell

Cavaliers

Roundheads

“Lord Protector”

The Restoration

Charles II

“Merry Monarch”= another name for Charles 11

Habeas Corpus Act

James II

The Glorious Revolution

William & Mary

Constitutional Monarchy

Petition of Right

English Bill of Rights

The Fronde

The Sun King

How did English constitutional documents influence the U.S.?

How did Louis XIV exercise absolute power? What were his successes and failures?

“Le état, c’est moi.”

Jean Baptiste Colbert

Tariff

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

War of Spanish Succession

Treaty of Utrecht

Versailles and its role

The Romanovs

How did Peter the Great exercise absolute power? What were his successes and

failures?

Serfdom

Boyars

Eastern Orthodox Church

Patriarch

Modernization efforts

St. Petersburg

Moscow

The Great Northern War

Black Sea

Baltic Sea