Absolutism & Revolution (Ch. 12)

This is a form of government in which a ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people he or she governs. 

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional government

•  limited monarchy

• federal republic

This is a government whose power is defined and limited by law. 

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional government

•  limited monarchy

• federal republic

This is a government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s powers.

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional government

•  limited monarchy

• federal republic

What is the date the US Declaration of Independence was signed?

• September 17, 1789

• April 15, 1801

• July 4, 1776

• January 8, 1775

This is a series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years’ War.

• Edict of Nantes

• English Bill of Rights

• Peace of Westphalia

• Napoleonic Code

This is the body of French civil laws introduced in 1804 and served as a model for many nations’ civil codes.

• Edict of Nantes

• English Bill of Rights

•  Peace of Westphalia

• Napoleonic Code

This is the law issued by French king Henry IV in 1598 giving more religious freedom to French Protestants.

• Edict of Nantes

• English Bill of Rights

•  Peace of Westphalia

• Napoleonic Code

This series of act passed in 1689 by the English Parliament that limited the rights of the monarchy and ensured the superiority of Parliament.

• Edict of Nantes

• English Bill of Rights

•  Peace of Westphalia

• Napoleonic Code

This is a government in which power is divided between the national government and the states.

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional government

•  limited monarchy

• federal republic

This is a law passed in 1765 by the British Parliament that imposed taxes on items such as newspapers and pamphlets in the American colonies.

•  Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

• Writ of Habeas Corpus

• Sugar Act