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15 Cards in this Set
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Fought over who would take the Spanish throne. Endes with Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
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War of Spanish Succession
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Recognized Philip V of France as King of Spain; prohibited unification of French & Spanish monarchies.
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Treaty of Utrecht
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Palace built by Louis XIV
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Versailles
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Longest reigning French monarch (1643-1715), he believed in the divine right of kings & developed absolute rule.
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Louis XIV, Sun King
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First Bourbon king of France (1589-1610), he became Catholic in order to gain the throne. He was responsible for the Edict of Nantes.
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Henry IV, Henry of Navarre
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Louis XIII's chief minister - aided absolute rule by weakening the nobles & French Calvinists (Huguenots)
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Cardinal Richelieu
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French officials who acted as regional representatives to aid the control of the Crown
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Intendants
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Rebellion against the monarchy in France (1649-1652)
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Fronde
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Divisions of France's "Old Regime" 1)Clergy 2) Nobility 3)Peasants, artisans, laborers, bourgeoisie
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Estates (Three Estates)
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King of France (1774-92), married Marie Antoinette. Beheaded January 1793
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Louis XVI
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Daughter of Maria Theresa, married Louis XVI. Beheaded October 1793
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Marie Antoinette
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Grievances submitted by provinces to the Estates General
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Cahiers
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Mob of Parisians attacked & burned the political prison & raided its armory in July 1789
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Storming the Bastille
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Slogan of the French revolutionaries
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"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
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October 5, 1789 Parisians strom Versailles demanding that Louis XVI return to Paris with them & end the food shortages
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Women's March on Versailles
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