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19 Cards in this Set
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What was the Edict of Nantes designed to do?
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Temporary religious toleration of Calvinists Huguenots and Roman Catholics
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Also gained Protestant confidence
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What was the fronde?
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A series of civil wars
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What does it mean to be sovereign
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The state possesses a monopoly over the instruments of justice and use the force between clearly defined boundaries
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According to medieval kings what gave them the right to rule?
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Divine right
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Middle Ages
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Who was Henry the fourth's Chief Minister?
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Duke of sully
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Devout Protestant
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Who made up the French Intendants?
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Nobility of the robe
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Royal commissioners
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What was the major cause of the war of Spanish Succession?
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Fear of Louis the 14th
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Power
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What most clearly illustrated richelieu's constructive genius?
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administrative system
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intendants and generalities
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What was the reason or excuse for Louis the 13th trying to destroy Huguenots independence?
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State within a state
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what were richelieu's domestic policies designed to do?
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Curb the power of the nobility
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Describe Colberts leadership and his policies
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Very confident knew what he was doing
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According to Thomas Hobbes how did a ruler or King get his power?
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From the people
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In what year were the students return to the English throne
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1660
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In the form of Charles the Second
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what was the best way to describe Oliver Cromwell's protectorate
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Puritan military dictatorship
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where did Louis the 14th establish his royal court
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Versailles
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Which country was the strongest and most highly centralized in 1685
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France
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What was the major spark that started the Glorious Revolution
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birth of a male Catholic heir
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What was the paulette
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Annual fee paid by royal officials to guarantee heredity in office
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Which European country has the highest living standards in the mid 17th century
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Dutch Netherlands
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