Ch 16 Absolutism

2. Louis XIV finance minister
4. French Calvinists (protestants)
7. supported parliament in the English Civil War; led by Oliver Cromwell
11. of Power a distribution of military and economic power that prevents one nation from dominating another
13. Right Theory This is a belief that your authority to rule comes from God
14. This revolution brought Mary and William III to the throne of England peacefully
15. allowed protestants (Calvinists) to practice their religion freely/openly
19. also known as the French & Indian war where the French worked with the natives to defeat the English, but they lost
20. This term designates when no person could be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
21. ruling family of Austria
22. chief adviser under Louis XIII who wanted to weaken the power of the nobles and tried to get rid of the Huguenots
23. supported the king in the English Civil War, led by King Charles I (chopped Charlie)

1. ruler of Russia who brought his country up to European standards, economically but not socially (still had serfdom)
2. Queen of Russia who made opposing changes that Peter the Great made--only thing great was winning a warm water port for trade in the Mediterranean
3. massive, elaborate palace built by Louis XIV (the Sun King) to show off his power
5. A government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers
6. ruling family of Prussia
8. ruled the HRE & Spain
9. limited the King's power in England
10. ruling family from Scotland that were asked to rule in England
11. Ottomans were defeated in Spain
12. an English Sea Dog knighted by queen Elizabeth
16. between Catholics & Protestants in the HRE; and started when a Protestant threw a Catholic royal official out a castle window
17. leader of England, translated the Bible into English
18. ruling with complete authority