Absolutism, Constitutionalism and Enlightenment Vocabulary
Across
- 4. An agreement to follow the laws and accept punishment for crimes.
- 6. A thinker of the Enlightenment who believed that science and reason could work together to improve the lives of people.
- 8. King of France known as the Sun King and model absolute monarch.
- 11. Supporters of a Parliamentary Democracy in the English Civil War.
- 16. Absolute monarch of Russia who tried to apply Enlightenment ideas to Russian society.
- 17. An English king who was beheaded in the English Civil War.
- 18. John Locke's theory that man was shaped by their experiences.
- 19. Name given to French Protestants.
- 20. Belief that the right to rule came from God.
Down
- 1. Leader of the Commonwealth in England.
- 2. Purpose of life is to bring the greatest happiness to people.
- 3. Argued people were selfish and cruel needing an absolute government.
- 5. Supporters of the Monarchy in the English Civil War.
- 7. This good encouraged the spread of the Enlightenment.
- 9. Palace built by Louis XIV of France.
- 10. Intimate palace built by Frederick II of Prussia.
- 12. Ruling family that came to power after the death of Elizabeth I of England.
- 13. A group of Protestants who wanted to further purify the Catholic Church and remove all traces of Catholicism.
- 14. Compilation of articles published in the Enlightenment that helped to spread ideas.
- 15. Name given to a Russian noble.