Absolutism Terms
Matching exercise
Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
| War of Austrian Succession | Conflict over rival claims to the Habsburg throne |
| . James I | Prussian landed aristocracy |
| Hohenzollern | German royal family |
| Frederick William | The "Great Elector" |
| . Absolutism | Sovereignty embodied in the ruler |
| Fronde | Civil war in France during the reign of Louis XIII |
| Colbert | Louis XIV's Controller of Finance |
| Richelieu | Established absolutism for Louis XIII |
| Sun King | Louis XIV |
| . Mercantilism | Government economic policies for the regulation of the state |
| Richelieu | Writer who analyzed the power of love |
| Louis XIV | Created Versailles |
| Constitutionalism J. Junkers | Limitation of government by law |
| French Classicism | Art and literature advanced under Louis XIV |
| Cromwell | Lord Protector of England |
| Restoration | Restored the English monarchy to Charles II |
| Hobbes | Author of Leviathan |
| Peace of Utrecht | Marked the end of French expansionist policy |
| Divine Right | Belief that a monarch's power is derived from God |
| Diggers and Levellers | Radical groups in England who called for the abolition of private property |
| Bill of Rights | Declared sovereignty resides with Parliament |
| James I | First Stuart monarch |
| Test Act | Prohibited Catholics from holding political office |
| Locke | Political theorist who defended the Glorious Revolution |
| Peter the Great | Romanov czar who westernized Russia |