Unit 2 Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolutions

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Across
  1. 3. served as king of France (1643-1715)
  2. 4. Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband
  3. 6. prison that was mobbed for its weapons
  4. 7. proposed that people are born with certain natural rights that cannot be taken away, including life, liberty, and property.
  5. 8. Government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers
  6. 10. fast-falling blade; developed by a member of the legislature; as a more humane way of executing than an ax
  7. 11. country Napoleon invaded but decimated his army due to lack of food and weather
  8. 15. that a ruler's authority came directly from God.
  9. 17. strong supporter of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. Under his rule, the Spanish empire was at its strongest; however, he was unable to control the revolt of the Netherlands and failed in his attempt to invade England.
  10. 18. A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon
  11. 20. social classes in France
  12. 22. A form of government in which a ruler has complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs.
  13. 23. Distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong.
  14. 24. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
Down
  1. 1. Government whose power is defined and limited by law
  2. 2. Informal social gathering at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas.
  3. 5. The chief executive of parliamentary government
  4. 9. legislative body made up of the representatives of the three estates in pre-revolutionary France
  5. 11. lawyer and politician; head of Committee of Public Safety. Called "The Incorruptible" He was a Tyrant. Eventually executed by the Convention
  6. 12. soldier serving in a foreign army for pay. these were used during the fighting of the 30 Years' War
  7. 13. Russian Czar that began the process of modernizing Russia
  8. 14. Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe
  9. 16. Royal French residence and seat of government established by King Louis XIV.
  10. 19. adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture
  11. 21. Rights that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property.