Study Guide-Absolutism and Enlightenment
1. Which European
monarchs ruled by divine
right?
2. How did Louis XIV use
his absolute power?
3. How did Peter the Great
modernize Russia?
4. Why was there a civil war
in England?
5. How did Parliament limit
the kings power in
England?
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Philip II of Spain
Louis XIV of France
Peter the Great of
Russia
Appointed officials to
collect taxes
Built the palace of
Versailles
Organized a strong
army
Persecuted Protestant
Huguenots
Travel to Western
Europe to study
Developed mining and
textiles
Built capital of St.
Petersburg
Expanded borders
Charles I:
Put his enemies in
prison without trials
Imposed high taxes
Angered the Puritans
Dissolve Parliament
Parliament invited William and
Mary to take the throne
Had to accept the English
Bill of Rights-Parliament
superior to monarch &
rights to citizens