Causes of Enlightenment Review

The first document that limited the power of the English King, written in 1215

• Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Social Contract
• Magna Carta

This unpopular monarch was executed at the end of English Civil War.

• Edward I

• Charles I

• Charles II

• James I

After King Charles I was beheaded, who became the military dictator of England?

• Oliver Cromwell

• William & Mary

• Charles I

• Peter the Great

William and Mary came to power during a period known as the

• Holy Restoration
• Glorious Revolution
• Graceful Transition
• Hostile Takeover

What was the result of the English Bill of Rights?

• Parliament gained power

• Parliament lost power

• American Colonies gained independence

• Religious tolerance was granted towards Catholics

______________________: the idea that the monarch (king/queen) is has total power over the government and their people

• Divine Right

• Absolutism

• Traditionalism

• Catholicism

Who built the palace of Versailles as a symbol of his power?

• King James II

• King Henry VIII

• Peter The Great

• King Louis XIV

King Louis XIV of France demonstrated absolute power by _______

PICK ALL OF THE CORRECT RESPONSES

• taking away the rights of French Protestants

• granting all women the right to vote

• spending huge amounts of money on the army

• refusing to call the Estates General into session

Peter the Great of Russia invited experts and teachers to ___________________.

• change the religion

• weaken the Middle Class

• strengthen the nobility

• modernize / westernize his people

The new city of St. Petersburg _________________ for / in Russia.

• created a warm water port

• created more debt

• led to a Civil War

• started the Enlightenment