Absolutism Enlightenment Vocabulary Review

Monarch

• A king or Queen

• A President

• A prime minister

• a chancellor

Absolute Monarch

• A monarch with limited power

• A monarch with all power

• A monarch who shares power with their family

• A monarch who answers to the absolute counsel

Divine right

• A monarch’s power comes from the people

• A monarch’s power comes from the nobles

• A monarch’s power comes from the pope

• A monarch’s power comes from God

Peter the great was an

• Absolute monarch who westernized Russia

• Absolute monarch who southernized Russia

• Absolute monarch who easterized Russia

• Absolute monarch who northernized Russia

Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent all

• Shrank (to make smaller) their territories

• Expanded (enlarge) their territories

• Destroyed their absolute monarchy

• Were avid dog enthusiast

Natural Law

• universal rules that are always true

• universal rules that are true in nature

• scientific laws to explain nature

• scientific laws to explain why people do the things they do

The enlightenment

• Time period when electricity and light was discovered and used to improve society

• Time period when the days (sunlight hours) became longer

• Time period when reason was used to understand and improve the voting system

• Time period when reason was used to understand and improve society

John Locke

• Separation of power (checks and balances)

• Natural rights

• Social contract (agreement in which all people agree to work together)

• Freedom of speech & freedom of religion

Baron De Montesquieu

• Separation of power (checks and balances)

• Natural rights

• Social contract (agreement in which all people agree to work together)

• Freedom of speech & freedom of religion

Rousseau

• Separation of power (checks and balances)

• Natural rights

• Social contract (agreement in which all people agree to work together)

• Freedom of speech & freedom of religion