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18 Cards in this Set
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Henry IV
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Huguenot
issued Edict of Nantes |
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Henry IV
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converted to Catholicism to rule France as part of religious majority
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Henry IV
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tried to restore power to the central government
tried to discipline the army tried to rebuild the infastructure |
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Duke of Sully
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Henry IV him to oversee the nation's finances
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Duke of Sully
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his goal was to change the tax-farming system
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Louis XIII
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Henry IV's son
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Louis XIII chose him as his Chief Minister
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Emperor Matthias
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Holy Roman Emperor who sent troops to suppress the rebellion that started the Thirty Years War
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Cardinal Mazarin
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Richelieu's successor
he eventually crushed the rebellion |
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Louis XIV
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the longest French monarch
determined to est. a monarchy of absolute power |
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Louis XIV
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the Sun King
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Louis XIV
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believed in divine right of Kings
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Louis XIV
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Palace at Versailles
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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strenghened French industry
high tarriffs on imports encouraged colonization eliminated corruption in tax-farming |
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Jean-Bapitiste Colbert
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advisor of Louis XIV
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Louis XIV
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revoked Edict of Nantes -distrusted the Huguenots
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Louis XIV
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built largest army in Europe
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Louis XIV
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signed the Treaty of Utrecht
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