Vocab 17 ENRMS

Absolute Monarch

• ruler with complete power over the government and the lives of the people

• a fleet of warships

Armada

• a fleet of warships

• the belief that God gave monarchs the right to absolute power

Divine Right

• the belief that God gave monarchs the right to absolute power

• The royal residence and the seat of the French government

Place of Versallies

• The royal residence and the seat of the French government

• peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord

serf

• peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by a lord

• to divide up 

partition

• to divide up 

•  the betrayal of one’s country 

treason

•  the betrayal of one’s country 

• a form of government when citizens have the right to vote and elect officials

republic

• a form of government when citizens have the right to vote and elect officials

• monarchy limited by law 

constitutional monarchy

• monarchy limited by law 

• willingness to respect different beliefs and custom 

natural rights

• rights that belong to all people from birth.

• the theory of dividing government power between more than one branch of government