A system in which a ruler holds total power.
In 1648, Sweden's acquisitions in the ****** Sea region increased its power in northern Europe.
Supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War.
These rights, with which all humans are born, include the rights to life, liberty, and property.
The ****** of the Stuart monarchy was known as the Restoration period.
In 1598, Spain was the most populous empire in the world, but it was ******.
This English king believed that he received his power from and was only responsible to God.
Louis XIV's spies and tell-tales were ******.
In England, the desire of King James II to practice his Catholic faith openly was opposed by ******.
He published his "Two Treatises of Government" in 1690.
The execution of King Charles I horrified much of Europe; Parliament next declared England a ******, a type of republic.
****** the Great divided Russia into provinces and crushed the power of the Russian nobility.
The English Revolution was a war between ****** and Parliament.
****** William the Great Elector laid the foundation for the Prussian state.
Louis XIV lived at this grand palace.
Elizabeth inherited a religious problem from her Catholic half-sister, Queen ****** Tudor.
Philip II faced growing resistance from the Dutch in the northern provinces led by William the ******.
French Protestants influenced by John Calvin.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, an intense ****** affected the lives of many Europeans.
In January 1689, Parliament offered the throne to ****** and Mary.
During Elizabeth's ******, the small island kingdom became the leader of the Protestant nations of Europe and laid the foundations for a world empire.