Chapter 14: The Pursuit of Power
Across
- 2. those who fought on behalf of Parliament in the English Civil War
- 4. Catholic official who oversaw the reign of Louis XIII and entered France into the Thirty Years' War
- 6. many nations in Europe sought a balance of _______ through alliances and planned monarchies
- 10. last name of the British Prime Minister who devised the plan to win the Seven Years' War
- 12. French king known as the "Sun King" who revoked the Edict of Nantes
- 13. Swedish king who fought on behalf of the Protestants in the Thirty Years' War
- 14. title of Russian rulers; derivative of "caesar"
- 15. nation that was the home of the Habsburg family
- 18. Protestant king of France who sought to decrease the power of the nobility
- 20. leader of Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War and leader of the Protectorate government afterwards
- 22. absolutist ruling family of Russia
- 23. last great Protestant/Catholic religious war in Europe
- 24. absolutist English king that violated the Petition of Right and refused to call Parliament meetings
- 25. new rulers William and Mary agreed to rule in light of the new English Bill of _________
Down
- 1. treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War
- 3. Belief that a king’s authority was established by God therefore the king’s actions/decisions was God’s will
- 5. the War of _______ Succession featured the Grand Alliance and the Treaty of Utrecht
- 7. famous palace of the French monarchy
- 8. the Treaty of _______ settled the Seven Years' War
- 9. nation that was the home of the Hohenzollern line of kings
- 11. unlimited and unrestrained political power of a ruler
- 13. war fought between Russia and Sweden for warm water ports
- 16. Catholic king of England who was deposed in the Glorious Revolution
- 17. the Diplomatic _______ was a radical change in European alliances
- 19. the War of _______ Succession was settled by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle that established the "Status quo ante bellum"
- 21. those who fought on behalf of the king in the English Civil War