World History Absolutism Study Guide (ANSWERED CORRECTLY)
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Absolutism
Absolute Monarch - Correct Answer Ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs.
Balance of power - Correct Answer Distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong.
Catherine the great - Correct...
World History Absolutism Study Guide (ANSWERED
CORRECTLY)
Absolute Monarch - Correct Answer Ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of
the people he or she governs.
Balance of power - Correct Answer Distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one
nation from becoming too strong.
Catherine the great - Correct Answer German princess; reorganized the provincial government, codified
laws, and began state sponsored education for boys and girls. Seized part of Poland.
Divine right - Correct Answer The belief that his authority to rule came directly from God.
Dutch Netherlands - Correct Answer What did Spain's northern provinces become in 1581?
Edict of Nantes - Correct Answer The proclamation that granted Huguenots religious tolerance.
Elizabeth I - Correct Answer Queen of England who encouraged sea captains to plunder Spanish
treasure ships
English Bill of Rights - Correct Answer Ensured that superiority of parliament over the monarchy.
Glorious Revolution - Correct Answer Return of James I who gets replaced by william and mary
Hapsburgs - Correct Answer Austrian rulers of the Holy Roman empire and the Netherlands.
Hugenots - Correct Answer French Protestants
Jean Baptiste Colbert - Correct Answer minister of finance for Louis XIV; introduced budget system,
improved manufacturing, supervised public works projects, brought mercantilism to France
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