beheaded Charles I.. abolished the monarchy.. declared English a republic or commonwealth..
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Czar
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Russian word for caesar
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Bill of Rights
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recognized Parliament's right to make laws.. prevented monarchs from raising armies.. reognized the right to jury trials
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Roundheads
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parliamentary forces in the 1642 civil war
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Royal Court at Versailles
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was Louis XIV's personal household.. was the center for state offices.. was used to have powerful subjects visit to seek favors
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Civil War in England
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was a conflict between the king and parliament
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Glorious Revolution
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William and Mary's 1688 "invasion of England"
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Romanov Dynasty
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in Russia, was chosen by the national assembly
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English Family Name
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Tudor/Stuart
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French Kings of the 16th Century
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stopped the French nobility from becoming Protestant
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France's Family Name
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Bourbon
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Peter the Great
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wanted to westernize, or Europeanize, Russia
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William and Mary
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were offered the throne of England to prevent succession by a Catholic monarch
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Militant
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combative
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Act of Supremacy
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named Elizabeth governor of church and state
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Absolutism
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idea that rulers hold total power
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Ultra-Catholics
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anit-Huguenot party
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Russian Family Name
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Romanov
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Versailles
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Louis XIV's court location
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Spain
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reconquered Muslim areas.. Expelled the Jews.. Protected Catholicism
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Inflation
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rising prices
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Prussia's Family Name
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Hohenzollern
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Elizabeth Tudor
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tried to avoid war with France and Spain
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Hapsburg Empire
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took control of Hungary, Croatia, and Slavonia..lost their Holy Roman Empire in Germany.. remained a collection of territories
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Spanish Netherlands
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one of the richest parts of Philip II's empire
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Armada
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fleet of warships
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Henry of Navarre
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when he became Henry IV, he converted to Catholicism
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Commissariat
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established by Frederick William in Prussia.. Became both a military and civil agency
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Puritans
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English Calvinist Protestant group
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Junkers
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members of the Prussian landed aristocracy
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Boyars
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members of the Russian nobility
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Edict of Nantes
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French grant of rights to Huguenots
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Witchcraft
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magic in traditional European village culture
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James I of England
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strongly believed in the Divine Right of Kings
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7 Absolute Ruler Tasks
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1. Pacify and Subjugate your nobles. 2. centralize authority around yourself. 3. make more money. 4. To make more war. 5. Dominate cultural scene. 6. make religion work for you. 7. build something worthy of your glory.