Absolutism and Enlightenment Vocab
Across
- 1. distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong
- 3. an agreement by which people gave up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos
- 5. the chief executive of a parliamentary government
- 6. series of acts passed in 1689 by the English Parliament that limited the rights of the monarchy and ensured the superiority of Parliament
- 7. policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference
- 8. idea that a ruler’s authority came directly from God
- 9. people control all political power
- 10. fleet of ships
Down
- 2. rights that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property
- 4. government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s powers