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21 Cards in this Set
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Edict of Nantes 1598
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King Henry IV of France granted religious toleration to the Huguenots.
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the Netherlands and Switzerland became independent states.
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Due to the Thirty Years War
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Who battled for control of the German states.
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Prussia and Austria
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Peter the Great forced Russians to accept social reforms that would make their culture more like that of ...
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Western Europeans.
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Russia gained land along the Baltic Sea as a result of ...
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Peter the Great’s war against Sweden
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In the late 1500’s, France was torn apart by religious wars between ...
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Catholics and Huguenots.
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French styles of art, culture, manners, and customs became the standard for European taste as a result of the reign of ...
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Louis XIV.
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The Stuart kings’ claims to absolute power were challenged by ...
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Parliament.
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Peter the Great fought the Ottoman Turks for the purpose of ...
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gaining a warm-water port on the Black Sea.
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Poland disappeared from the map of Europe by 1795 because these 3 countries...
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Austria, Russia, Prussia
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- ruler who has complete authority over government and lives of the people
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absolute monarch
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the belief that authority to rule comes directly from God
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divine right
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principle stating that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a crime
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habeas corpus
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government in which a constitution or legislative body limits to monarch’s power
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limited monarchy
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first Stuart king of England
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James I
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first woman to rule the Hapsburg empire
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Maria Theresa
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leader of the Roundheads in the English Civil War and ruled England as a dictatorship from 1653-1658
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Oliver Cromwell
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king of Prussia who used the army to strengthen the nation’s power
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Frederick the Great
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French king who built a palace at Versailles
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Louis XIV
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ruler of Russia who carried out social and economic reforms to modernize the country
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Peter the Great
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king of Spain who advanced Catholic power throughout the world
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Philip II
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