unit 3 vocabulary # 1
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| power to govern | ||
| the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government | ||
| belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God | ||
| basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law | ||
| a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator | ||
| royal civil servants who implemented the king's will | ||
| 1648-53. Brutal civil wars that struck France during the reign of Louis XIII | ||
| The law that allowed for any action to be justified by "doing it for the state" | ||
| the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys | ||
| Taxes on imports or exports | ||
| declaration in which the French king Henry IV promised that Protestants could live in peace in France. | ||
| This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler, Phillip V | ||
| An alliance between the English, Dutch, Austrians, and Prussians against the expansionist wars of Louis XIV of France. | ||
| This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession | ||
| An Act of Parliament reluctantly agreed to by Charles I that stated that there had to be a parliament of at least 50 days duration every three years. | ||
| type of government in which power is exercised by representatives chosen by the people | ||
| the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660 | ||
| a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | ||
| leading ministers in majority of pariliament formulate policy and conduct business of country | ||
| Bloodless overthrow of King James II that ended the Dominion and established William and Mary as the new leaders. | ||
| A governer of provinces in the Dutch United Provinces. | ||
| Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies. | ||
| The system of agricultural labor popular in eastern Europe in which peasants had no rights or freedoms and were bound to the land. | ||
| Peasants were tied not only to land but also to their lords across generations- went into effect 1653 in Prussia | ||
| in certain regions, peasants were required to work 3-4 days without pay per week for their local lord | ||
| the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) | ||
| Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas | ||
| A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century |