Absolutism

Who won the English Civil War? (Set up a Dictatorship!)

• James II

• Henry IV

• Oliver Cromwell

• James Buchanan

What is a constitutional monarchy?

• An old wooden ship.

• A form of government were the King does not have to share any power with congress.

• A form of government where the King has to share the power with parliament.

• A form of government where people control all aspects of the democratic process.

When a king or queen claimed a, "divine right to rule....."

• It meant that they were chosen to rule by God, and their authority was unquestionable

• It meant that they were chosen by the divine people, special senators from Rome that provide counsel.

• It meant that they were chosen by God to rule, but the people could challenge them.

• It meant that God had determined that no one should rule.

What was Louis the XIV's nickname?

• Sun King

• Sun Son

• Mr. Miracle

• The Most Catholic King

The principal royal residence of France from 1682 under Louis XIV until the start of the French Revolution in 1789 under Louis XVI

• Absolutism

• Versailles

• Divine Right

• Czar

a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers

• Divine Right

• Absolutism

• Versailles

• Renaissance

Who was Peter the Great?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

• This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

The English Bill of Rights

• created a constitutional monarchy.

• resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions.

• reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power.

• confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent.

Who was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution?

• Louis XIV
• Charles I
• James II
• William and Mary

Who was king during the English Civil War?

• James I

• Charles I

• James II

• Charles II