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| 272737985 | absolutism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 0 | |
| 272737986 | Divine right | the idea that monarchs are God's representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to God. | 1 | |
| 272737987 | Cardinal Richelieu | This was the man who influenced the power of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy | 2 | |
| 272737988 | Louis XIV | king of France from 1643 to 1715, king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715) | 3 | |
| 272737989 | Charles II | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1660-1685) who reigned during the Restoration, a period of expanding trade and colonization as well as strong opposition to Catholicism | 4 | |
| 272737990 | Glorious Revolution | the revolution against James II | 5 | |
| 272737991 | Spanish Armada | the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588 | 6 | |
| 272737992 | Battle of Lepanto | a naval battle fought between a Spanish and Venetian fleet and the German navy. The Spanish won. The battle meant that European navies ahd surpassed the Muslims. The Turks could no longer challenge Europeans on international routes. | 7 | |
| 272737993 | Versailles | a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles | 8 | |
| 272737994 | Peter the Great | czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government. (1682-1725) | 9 | |
| 272737995 | Catherine the Great | This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia, created a new law code, and greatly expanded Russia. (1729-1796) | 10 | |
| 272737996 | Elizabeth I | Queen of England from 1558 to 1603, ruled from 1558-1603; followed a policy that was a middle course between Catholic and Protestant extremes. She sets up a national Church, is declared head of the Anglican Church, establishes a state Church that moderates Catholics and Protestants, allowed priests to marry, allowed sermons to be delivered in English, and made the Book of Common Prayer more acceptable to Catholics. | 11 | |
| 272737997 | mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 12 | |
| 272737998 | capitalism | an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. | 13 | |
| 272737999 | slave plantation system | Big plantation owners are the big winners. Rich getting richer. Little plantation owners are the losers. Slave and land measures wealth. | 14 | |
| 272738000 | indentured servitude | person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to america. | 15 | |
| 272738001 | encomienda system | privilege given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory | 16 | |
| 272738002 | mita system | the system that the Incas used to construct their public buildings, recruit workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept | 17 |
