Scientific Revolution/ Absolutism/ English Exceptionalism

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Across
  1. 2. Newton discovered laws of motion and this
  2. 4. Peter the Great moved capital from Moscow to this city
  3. 7. signed by William and Mary to ensure the Kings' power was forever limited
  4. 8. the process by which power is concentrated into one entity or king
  5. 9. absolute monarch from Russia
  6. 11. came up with heliocentric theory
  7. 12. publicly executed following the English Civil War
  8. 14. sun-centered universe
  9. 17. Francis Bacon developed this
  10. 20. L'etat C'est Moi translation
  11. 23. bloodless overthrow of James II
  12. 25. another name for the Cavaliers during the English Civil War
  13. 26. the political party that opposed the King
  14. 27. term used to describe the adoption of western culture, technology, and values
  15. 28. nicknamed the Sun King
  16. 29. England's group of legislatures, elected by the People (like our Congress)
  17. 30. Country of Louis XIV
  18. 31. the group that sided with Parliament during the English Civil War
Down
  1. 1. Idea that the right for rulers to rule was sent by God
  2. 3. these were banned by Peter the Great
  3. 5. built by Louis XIV, 11 miles from Paris
  4. 6. General who defeated Charles I and the Cavaliers, then ruled as a dictator
  5. 10. revoked by Louis XIV; it had allowed Huguenots (French Protestants) to worship freely
  6. 13. Galileo used this to prove Copernicus right
  7. 15. the political party that supported the King
  8. 16. the type of Monarchy in England following the Glorious Revolution
  9. 18. discovered circulation of blood in the human body; physician to Charles I
  10. 19. discovered laws of planetary motion
  11. 21. forced to recant in front of Catholic Church for his scientific views
  12. 22. Joint Monarchs following glorious revolution
  13. 24. another name for the period in which Charles II ruled England
  14. 29. Ancient Greek who believed in geocentric theory