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ENGLISH CIVIL WAR AND GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
After England's line of Stuart monarchs, parliamentary government reigns supreme.  However, this victory wouldn't come without overcoming a half century of conflict as England's monarchs attempt to become absolute monarchs.
KEY EVENTS
  • Divine right of kings
  • Reign of James I & Charles I
  • English Civil War and Oliver Cromwell
  • Reign of Charles II
  • Glorious Revolution
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pgs. 168 - 179

ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE AND EASTERN EUROPE
In continental Europe, absolute monarchies reign supreme from France in the west to Russia in the east.  The power and prestige of these monarchies show the influence of single personalities and the aristocracy that supported them.  However, conflicts between these monarchies begin the shift in Euroepean society.
KEY EVENTS
  • Reign of Louis XIV
  • Palace of Versailles
  • The Habsburg Empire
  • Expansion of Prussia
  • Russia under Peter the Great
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pgs. 179 - 200

SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Change comes to Europe in the form of new ideas and methods of how the world and the universe work.  Met with resistance from religious authorities, these changes impact religion, politics, and the the source of knowledge!
KEY EVENTS
  • Copernicus/Kepler
  • Galileo/Newton
  • Empirical Method
  • Rationalism
  • Government: Hobbes & Locke
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pgs. 203- 218