The right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of government that holds that a monarch receives the right to rule directly from God and not the people.

Charles II of England, and many others believed in it.

This was issued by the king to resolve religious problems. It recognized Catholicism as France's Official religion while still giving the Huguenots the right to worship and have political privileges.

It was created to end the conflict between Catholics and Huguenots which had turned into a series of battles. 

This war was fought in Germany from 1618 to 1648 between the Catholics and Protestants.

This war shows how big religion was back in the 17th century.

Was a series of peace treaties signed between MAy and October of 1648 in Osnabruck and Munster.

This ended the Thirty Year's War in the Holy Roman Empire.

The assimilation of Western culture, which includes becoming familiar with the customs and practices that are part of western civilization.

Russia made an attempt to modernize itself by adopting western European traditions and customs. 

When William of Orange took the throne in 1688, he brought a permanent realignment of power within the English constitution. 

This lead to the Financial Revolution. 

Also known as "limited monarchy" 

A monarchy governed according to a constitution that limits and defines the powers of the sovereign.

An act of the Parliament of England: it set the rules/laws and limits on the power of the sovereign (ruler, highest in control) and the ideas of John Locke, a political thinker who believed humans had natural, born rights.

It gave Parliament the right to make laws and levy taxes, created a limited or constitutional monarchy.

National representative group having supreme legislature powers throughout a state.

We have many of these in the new world. 

EX: legislative branch, Congress, etc.

Also known as "earth centered vs. sun centered"

One was the view of all the planets and sun circled the earth, and the other was the planets circling the sun.

A method or procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century.

It was the steps that you took when solving a scientific question. 

Steps were: Ask a question, Form a hypothesis, Test your hypothesis, analyze the results, Conclusion.

These are the rights that you aquire once you are born. 

Right to life, liberty, and property.

They were the people who were the leading writers of the French Enlightenment during the 18th-Century. 

They were philosophical, political, and social writers.

Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.

It was a way to make it so one country didn't gain too much power.

A regular social gathering of eminent people (esp. writers and artists) at the house of a woman prominent in high society.

The idea that a ruler should rule in such a way to efficiently better the lives of the people and state.

They came out of the absolute monarchs.