WH Formative #1 (VOCAB)

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Absolute Rule

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Government by a single ruler with no limit to their power

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Coffeehouses: Public meeting places for discussing important issues, especially Enlightenment ideas.

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Public meeting places for discussing important issues, especially Enlightenment ideas.

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Constitutional Monarchy

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A ruler limited by the constitution.

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Enlightenment: European intellectual movement in the 17th & 18th Centuries shifting toward reason instead of superstition.

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European intellectual movement in the 17th & 18th Centuries shifting toward reason instead of superstition.

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Magna Carta (1215)

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One of the first documents granting citizens rights.

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Philosophers

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People who participate in philosophy: seeking knowledge, reason.

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Salons: Meeting places in private homes during the Enlightenment; women participated.

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Meeting places in private homes during the Enlightenment; women participated.

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Separation of Powers: Government with 3 branches that check and balance each other.

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The idea that government should have 3 branches; each branch can “check” and “balance” each other.

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Social Contract: Agreement among society members & government to act a certain way. Disagree? Jail awaits.

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An agreement among members of society & their government to live/act a certain way. Don’t like it? The gov says you can go to jail.

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Divine Right: Monarch's rule granted by God.

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The idea that a monarch has the right to rule given directly by god.