The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 17: The Emergence of the European State System

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absolutism
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divine right of kings
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salons
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balance of power
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Junkers
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"reasons of state"
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constitutionalism
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Bill of Rights
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Whig
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Tory
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state of nature
A)The belief that a monarch's powers derived directly from God, and thus that treason was a kind of blasphemy.
B)The belief that no one state should be permitted a dominant role in international affairs, and that alliances among their neighbors ought to restrain ambitious rulers.
C)Often known by its French name, raison d'état, the doctrine that, especially in foreign affairs, a state is bound by no restraint when pursuing its interests.
D)English political party committed to a strong Parliament and religious toleration.
E)The political doctrine that authority in a state depends on consent by the governed, or at least by the leaders of the society.
F)English political party committed to a strong monarch and a strong Anglican Church.
G)Social gatherings, usually organized by elite women, that sought to promote discussion of Enlightenment ideas.
H)Prussian aristocrats whose large estates and tradition of military and bureaucratic service ensured their dominance within the Prussian state.
I)Description in political theory of the condition of humanity before the creation of governments.
J)Political doctrine that the monarch is the source of all authority and government in a kingdom.
K)Document (usually only in a constitutional system) listing the protections from government oppression enjoyed by individual citizens.
Chambers, The Western Experience, 10th Edition
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