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1598
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DATE OF EDICT OF NANTES
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1618-1648
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DATE OF THIRTY YEARS' WAR
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1648
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DATE OF PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
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MID-16TH CENTURY
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DATE OF DUTCH REVOLT
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1640'S
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DATE OF THE FRONDE
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1648-1715
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DATE OF REIGN OF LOUIS XIV
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1715
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DATE OF TREATY OF UTRECHT
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1628
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DATE OF PETITION OF RIGHT
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1642-1649
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DATE OF ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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1660
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DATE OF STUART RESTORATION
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1688
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DATE OF GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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1689
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DATE OF ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
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TREATY OF CATEAU-CAMBRESIS
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ENDED HABSBURG-VAOLIS WAR, PRETTY MUCH ENDED DYNASTIC WARS
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CONCORDAT OF BOLOGNA
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GAVE FRENCH KING RIGHT TO APPOINT FRENCH CLERGY
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TAILLE
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TAX ON LAND
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HUGUENOT
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FRENCH CALVINIST
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ST. BARTHOLOMEW DAY MASSACRE
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1572 SLAUGHTER OF 20,000 HUGUENOTS BY FRENCH CATHOLICS
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WAR OF THE THREE HENRYS
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DYNASTIC/RELIGIOUS STRUGGLE IN LATE 16TH CENTURY FRANCE
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HENRY OF NAVARRE
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HUGUENOT WINNER OF WAR OF THE THREE HENRYS
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HENRY IV
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FRENCH KING WHO BECAME KING BY TURNING CATHOLIC, AUTHOR OF EDICT OF NANTES
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PHILLIP II
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INTENSELY CATHOLIC SPANISH HABSBURG KING
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DUTCH CIVIL WAR
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CIVIL WAR BETWEEN CATHOLICS SUPPORTED BY PHILLIP II AND HUGUENOTS SUPPORTED BY WILLIAM OF ORANGE
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WILLIAM OF ORANGE
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DUTCH LEADER OF REVOLT AGAINST PHILLIP II
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SPANISH ARMADA
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1588 ATTACK ON ENGLAND BY PHILLIP II
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ELIZABETH I
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ENGLISH QUEEN WHO DEFEATED SPANISH ARMADA
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THIRTY YEARS' WAR
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SERIES OF RELIGIOUS & POLITICAL WARS OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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UNITED PROVINCES
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THE SEVEN CALVINIST PROVINCES OF THE NETHERLANDS THAT BECAME THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
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SPANISH NETHERLANDS
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THE TEN CATHOLIC PROVINCES OF THE NETHERLANDS STILL CONTROLLED BY THE HABSBURGS AFTER THE DUTCH REVOLT
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BOHEMIA
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CZECH REGION OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE DURING THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR
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HABSBURGS
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CATHOLIC DYNASTY OF SPAIN AND AUSTRIA
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GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
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SWEDISH PROTESTANT KING WHOSE VICTORIES IN THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR ENDED HABSBURG HOPES OF REUNITING GERMANY UNDER CATHOLICISM
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PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
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TREATY THAT ENDED THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR
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SOVEREIGNTY
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CONTROL OF THE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS, ESPECIALLY LEGAL AND MILITARY, WITHIN ONE'S BORDERS
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ABSOLUTISM
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SOVEREIGNTY EMBODIED IN THE PERSON OF THE RULER
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CONSTITUTIONALISM
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SOVEREIGNTY IS SHARED, WRITTEN LAW
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DIVINE RIGHT
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THEORY OF ABSOLUTISM THAT SAYS THAT RULER GETS SOVEREIGNTY FROM GOD
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BUREACRACY
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THE STRUCTURE OF AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENT
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STANDING ARMY
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PERMANENT ARMY
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JEAN BODIN
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16TH CENTURY 'POLITIQUE' WHO SAID ONLY ABSOLUTIST RULER COULD PROVIDE ORDER
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THOMAS HOBBES
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AUTHOR OF LEVIATHAN
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HOBBES'S IDEAS
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STATE OF NATURE WAS NASTY, BRUTISH, & SHORT, PEOPLE SURRENDERED RIGHTS TO ABSOLUTIST RULER FOR SELF-PROTECTION
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BISHOP BOSSUET
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DEFENDED DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS DURING ERA OF LOUIS XIV
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DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
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THEORY THAT SAYS KING'S POWER IS ABSOLUTE BECAUSE IT COMES FROM GOD
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POLITIQUES
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16TH-17TH CENTURY CATHOLIC MODERATES WHO FAVORED ACCOMODATION WITH HUGUENOTS & ALSO BELIEVED IN ABSOLUTIST RULE
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HENRY IV
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EARLY 17TH CENTURY FRENCH KING WHO PROCLAIMED EDICT OF NANTES, CREATED NOBILITY OF THE ROBE TO WEAKEN TRADITIONAL NOBILITY AND OTHERWISE ESTABLISHED FOUNDATIONS OF FRENCH ABSOLUTISM
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SULLY
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CHIEF MINISTER TO HENRY IV WHO PROMOTED FRENCH ECONOMY
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LOUIS XIII
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17TH CENTURY KING WHO APPOINTED RICHELIEU
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CARDINAL RICHELIEU
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17TH CENTURY ROYAL OFFICIAL WHO CREATED INTENDANTS, SUBORDINATED THE NOBILITY, AND HELPED FURTHER FRENCH ABSOLUTISM
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INTENDANTS
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FRENCH ROYAL OFFICIALS WHO DEALT WITH LAW COURTS, TAXES, ARMY RECRUITMENT AND OTHERWISE CENTRALIZED ROYAL AUTHORITY IN FRANCE
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GENERALITE
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DISTRICTS OVERSEEN BY INTENDANT
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NOBILITY OF THE ROBE
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FRENCH NOBLES CREATED BY HENRY IV TO WEAKEN THE TRADITIONAL NOBILITY
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NOBILITY OF THE SWORD
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TRADITIONAL BLOOD-BASED NOBILITY
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THE FRONDE
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ANTI-KING ACTIVITIES BY NOBLES IN THE MID-17TH CENTURY THAT CONVINCED THE CHILD-KING LOUIS XIV THAT NOBLES WERE BAAAAAD PEOPLE
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LOUIS XIV
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FRENCH KING FROM 1648 TO 1715 WHOSE 72 YEAR REIGN CEMENTED ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE
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THE SUN KING
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LOUIS XIV'S 'NICKNAME'
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VERSAILLES
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ROYAL PALACE BUILT BY LOUIS XIV
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TAX FARMERS
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NOBLES WHO COLLECTED TAXES FOR THE KINGS, USUALLY TOOK MOST OF IT THEMSELVES
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COLBERT
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LOUIS XIV'S FINANCE MINISTER, ARCHITECT OF MERCANTILISM
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GALLICAN CHURCH
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FRENCH CATHOLIC CHURCH
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EDICT OF FOUNTAINBLEU
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EDICT THAT REVOKED EDICT OF NANTES
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CORVEE
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PEASANT FORCED LABOR
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LOUVOIS
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FRENCH MINISTER OF LOUIS XIV WHO OVERSAW THE MODERNIZATION OF THE FRENCH ARMY
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TREATY OF NIJMAGEN
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EARLY TREATY IN LOUIS XIV'S WARS THAT GOT HIM SOME FLEMISH TOWNS
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WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION
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LAST & MOST IMPORTANT OF LOUIS XIV'S WARS, OVER WHETHER BOURBONS COULD RULE HABSBURG SPAIN
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GRAND ALLIANCE
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ALLIANCE OF ENGLAND, HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, AND DUTCH, TO FIGHT AGAINST LOUIS XIV
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TREATY OF UTRECHT
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ENDED WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION & WARS OF LOUIS XIV
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JEAN MARTINET
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OFFICIAL IN LOUIS XIV'S ARMY WHO IMPOSED SEVERE DISCIPLINE
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BATTLE OF BLENHEIM
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FRENCH DEFEATED BY ENGLISH IN 1704
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CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
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POWER SHARED BETWEEN KING AND LEGISLATURE
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CONSISTUITIONAL DEMOCRACY
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POWER SHARED BETWEEN KING AND PEOPLE
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PRIMOGENITURE
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ONLY ELDEST SON INHERITS
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GENTRY
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LAND-OWNING CLASS
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TUDOR
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DYNASTY OF HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH I
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JAMES I
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1ST STUART KING 1603-1625
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STUART
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DYNASTY OF 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH KINGS
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JAMES I'S WRITTEN DEFENSE OF DIVINE RIGHT
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THE TREW LAW OF FREE MONARCHY
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CHARLES I
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STUART KING WHO FOUGHT CIVIL WAR
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PETITION OF RIGHT
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1628 DOCUMENT THAT SAID KING CAN'T RAISE MONEY ILLEGALLY OR SUSPEND HABEAS CORPUS
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HOUSE OF COMMONS
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LOWER HOUSE OF BRITISH PARLIAMENT
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HOUSE OF LORDS
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PARLIAMENTARY BODY FOR TITLED NOBILITY
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WILLIAM LAUD
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ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP WHO PERSECUTED PURITANS
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SHIP MONEY
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UNLAWFUL TAX THAT MADE INLAND TOWNS PAY TO MAINTAIN THE NAVY
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TRIENNIAL ACT
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LONG PARLIAMENT ACT THAT SAID KING HAD TO SUMMON PARLIAMENT AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS
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CAVALIERS
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ROYAL SIDE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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ROUNDHEADS
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PARLIAMENT SIDE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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OLIVER CROMWELL
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COMMANDER OF NEW MODEL ARMY
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NEW MODEL ARMY
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CROMWELL'S PURITAN ARMY IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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PRIDE'S PURGE
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CROMWELL'S 1648 PURGE OF OPPONENTS IN PARLIAMENT
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RUMP PARLIAMENT
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pARLIAMENT OF CROMWELL'S SUPPORTERS AFTER PRIDE'S PURGE
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INTERREGNUM
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LITERALLY 'BETWEEN THE KINGS' REFERS TO 1649-1660 WHEN CROMWELL RULED
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CHARLES II
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STUART KING WHO ASCENDED AS A RESULT OF STUART RESTORATION
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SHORT PARLIAMENT
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QUICKLY DISSOLVED 1640 PARLIAMENT
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LONG PARLIAMENT
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PARLIAMENT THAT SAT FROM 1640 TO 1648, AND ELIMINATED ROYAL ABSOLUTISM IN ENGLAND
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STUART RESTORATION
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RESTORATION OF STUARTS, ANGLICANS, AND PARLIAMENT
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CLARENDON CODE
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BARRED PURITANS FROM PARLIAMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ETC
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TEST ACT
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BARRED CATHOLICS FROM VOTING, HOLDING OFFICE
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TREATY OF DOVER
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SECRET 1670 TREATY BETWEEN CHARLES II AND LOUIS XIV: LOUIS PROMISED LOANS IF CHARLES WOULD CONVERT TO CATHOLICISM
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EXCLUSION ACT
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FAILED WHIG ATTEMPT TO EXCLUDE THE CATHOLIC BROTHER OF CHARLES II FROM THE THRONE
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JAMES II
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CATHOLIC STUART KING OVERTHROWN IN GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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1688 OVERTHROW OF JAMES II BY PARLIAMENT
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WILLIAM AND MARY
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SON-IN-LAW & DAUGHTER OF JAMES II, RULED ENGLAND AFTER GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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ROBERT WALPOLE
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FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND
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BILL OF RIGHTS
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1689 DOCUMENT THAT PARLIAMENT DEMANDED WILLIAM AND MARY SIGN BEFORE TAKING THE THRONE, ESTABLISHED ENGLISH CONSTITUTIONALISM
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ACT OF UNION
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UNITED SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND INTO GREAT BRITAIN
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PRAGMATIC SANCTION
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1713 AGREEMENT THAT HABSBURG LANDS WOULD BE INHERITED BY MARIA THERESA
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THE THREE PARTS OF HABSBURG LANDS IN THE 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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BOHEMIA ,AUSTRA, HUNGARY
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HOHENZOLLERN
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GERMAN DYNASTY OF PRUSSIA AND BRANDENBERG
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JUNKERS
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MILITARY NOBLES OF PRUSSIA
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FREDERICK WILLIAM I
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HOHENZOLLERN RULER WHO MILITARIZED PRUSSIA-BRANDENBERG & TURNED IT INTO A GREAT POWER
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THE GREAT ELECTOR AKA FREDERICK WILLIAM
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1ST GREAT HOHENZOLLERN RULER
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