TERM 1
Absolutism
DEFINITION 1
System of government in which one ruler claims sole power.
TERM 2
Constitutionalism
DEFINITION 2
Ruler shares power with an assembly elected officials.
TERM 3
Louis XIV
DEFINITION 3
Louis XIV french absolute ruler who was young when he
came to the throne and Cardinal Mazarin Ruled for the boy
enduring the cost of the 30 years war caused revolts known
as The Fronde ( 1648-1653)
TERM 4
Edict of Nantes
DEFINITION 4
Henry the IV (Henry of Navarre) enacted the Edit of
Nantes (1598) which granted the Huguenots (French
Calvinists who were Anti- Catholics) religious
toleration, which led to the end of the Wars of
Religion ( 1555-1598).
TERM 5
English Civil War(1642-1646)
DEFINITION 5
Charles I succeeded his father James I, and p arliament wanted Charles I to only
tax with Parliament consent. He hoped to av oid this by not calling Parliament into
session between ( 1629-1640). Religious te nsion with William Laud increased
elaborate ceremonies that the Puritans oppos ed and were whipped and beaten.
Laud tried to bring his politics to Scotland whic h then Scots invaded the north
and Charles the I had to call parliament. In 16 42 Charles I tried to arrest
members of Parliament that didn't agree with hi this failed and he Fled England to
raise an army. Oliver Cromwell was a militar y leader to represent Parliament in
England's Civil War( 1642-1646) and defea ted Charles I in The battle of Naseby (
1645) where Charles Surrendered. Crom well eventually came to make the First
Republic of England and was a Lea der in England in a Non- Monarchical
government and was Lord and Protecto r from (1653-1648).
