Absolutism

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What caused the English Civil War? Options: Parliament’s vote to bring back the monarchy, division over the Act of Supremacy, Charles I’s decision to arrest Puritan leaders in Parliament for treason, Elizabeth I’s death with no heir

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Charles I’s decision to arrest Puritan leaders in Parliament for treason

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Which writer described life in nature as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”?

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Thomas Hobbes

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The ascension of William and Mary to the throne of England became known as the

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Glorious Revolution

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Absolute monarchs argued that their power must not be challenged because

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they ruled by divine right.

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Leading up to the English civil war, this group opposed Charles while supporting parliament.

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Roundheads

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Began the Stuart dynasty.

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James I

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Czar who brought western culture to Russia.

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Peter the Great

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A monarchy limited by law is called a ____________________ monarchy.

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Constitutional

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When Charles V abdicated in 1556, his son, ____________________, took over the Netherlands, Spain, Sicily, and Spain’s colonies in the Americas.

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Philip II

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Which of the following was not a cause of the English Civil War? King Charles arresting Puritan leaders, the 11 year gap between calling parliament into session, Parliament members protesting, the abdicating his throne

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the abdicating his throne