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Autocracy |
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch. |
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Habeas Corpus |
Parliment passed a guarentee of freedom: a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, to explain the charges against the prisioner. A monarch couldn't put a person in jail just for opposing them. |
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L'etat C'est Moi |
"I am the state." Louis XIV |
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Restoration |
The re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660 after the collapse of Oliver Cromwell's military rule, this was when Charles II ruled |
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Geocentric Theory |
That Earth was the center of the universe |
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Petition of Right |
The parliamentary declaration of the rights of the people, assented to by Charles I. |
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Charles I |
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625-1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649. |
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St. Petersburg |
Peter the Great of Russia built a seaport capital out of swampland to make it easier to travel to the west. |
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English Civil War |
The war (1642–46) between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists (King Charles I supporters), |
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Roundhead |
Puritan supporters of parliament who wore their hair short. Opposed King Charles. |
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Oliver Cromwell |
Tried Charles I for treason against the parliament. and led the English Civil War. |
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Galileo Galilei |
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars |
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Copernicus |
Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543) |
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Constitutional Government |
Limits are placed on powers the government has |
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The Divine Right of Kings |
The belief that god gave monarchs the right to rule |
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English Bill of Rights |
King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people. |
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Glorious Revolution |
Bloodless overthrow of King James II by King William and Queen Mary. |
