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Ch. 21 Flashcards

Ch. 21 Flashcards. Absolute Monarch. A King or Queen who governs with unlimited power within a state or country’s boundaries. Divine Right. The idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acts as God’s representative on earth. Louis XIV.

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Ch. 21 Flashcards

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  1. Ch. 21 Flashcards

  2. Absolute Monarch A King or Queen who governs with unlimited power within a state or country’s boundaries

  3. Divine Right The idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acts as God’s representative on earth

  4. Louis XIV The French king 1643-1715 who built Versailles, fought costly wars, and may have said “I am the state”

  5. War of the Spanish Succession The war (1701-1714) fought to stop the union of the French and Spanish thrones under the French Boubrons

  6. Thirty Years War The war fought over religion, territory, and power among the European ruling families

  7. Seven Years War The European conflict 1756-1763 fought in Europe, India and North America, where France lost its colonies

  8. Peter the Great The czar and reformer who advanced education, modernized the military and built a port near the Baltic Sea

  9. English Civil War The struggle between supporters of the British monarchy and the Puritan supporters of Parliament 1642-1649

  10. Glorious Revolution The bloodless overthrow of England’s Catholic king, James II, launched by Protestant members of Parliament

  11. Constitutional Monarchy A system of government in which laws limit the power of royal rulers

  12. Philip II He ruled the wealthy Spanish empire 1556-1598, promoted the arts, defended Catholicism and fought England

  13. Edict of Nantes The decree of religious toleration by King Henry IV that let Huguenots live in peace in France

  14. Cardinal Richelieu A minister of King Louis XIII, he ruled France and limited the power of the Huguenots and the nobles

  15. Skepticism The idea that nothing can ever be known for certain

  16. Intendant A French government agent who collected taxes and administered justice under King Louis XIV

  17. Jean Baptiste Colbert The minister of finance to King Louis XIV whose goal was to make France economically self-sufficient

  18. Maria Theresa The Austrian empress who limited noble’s power, made peasant labor reforms, and stopped Prussian aggression

  19. Frederick the Great The Prussian king whose foreign policies led to war; he pushed religious toleration and legal reform at home

  20. Boyar A landowning noble in Russia

  21. Westernization The use of western Europe as a model for change; the process Peter the Great used to make Russia stronger

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