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26 Cards in this Set
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First monarch of Burbons, issued edict on Nantes, murdered in 1610
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Henry IV
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Henry XIII's chief minister
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Monarchy's representatives in the provinces that made up France.
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intendants
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1618-1648, protestant rebelion against Holy Roman Empire
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Thirty Years' War
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1643 - became king, ruled for 72 years, worked to make king's power absolute (divine right of kings), did away with edict of nantes in 1685
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Louis XIV
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Louis XIV's advisor, expert in finance
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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countries have equal strength
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balance of power
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European countries battled Louis XIV to avoid Bourbon rule in both France and Spain
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War of the Spanish succession
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Czar of Russia, large family
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Michael Romonov
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Czar Peter I, ruled Russia until 1725
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Peter the Great
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Peter III's wife, ruled from 1762 to 1796
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Catherine the Great
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Charles VI's daughter, inherited Austria and other Habsburg lands.
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Maria Theresa
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Agreement that allowed Maria Theresa to inherit Habsburg lands.
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Pragmatic Sanction
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Great Hohenzollern ruler, Frederick William, ruled Brandenburg-Prussia
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Great Elector
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Frederick I's son, 1713
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Frederick William I
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Frederick II, highly intelligent, expanded territory of Prussia.
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Frederick the Great
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"reversal of alliances",
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Diplomatic Revolution
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1756-1763, involved almost all of Europe, fighting began in North America as the French and Indian War.
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Seven Years' War
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Mary I, oldest daughter of Henry VIII, took throne in 1553
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"Bloody Mary"
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Mary I's protestant-half sister, became queen in 1558
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Elizabeth I
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Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I's closest relative
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Mary Queen of Scots
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Spanish Armada launched
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1588
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people who objected to the Anglican Church maintaining some Catholic practices.
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Puritans
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landowners who had social position but no titles
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gentry
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merchants/professional people from towns and cities.
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burgesses
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Son of Mary Queen of Scots, King of England in 1603, Stuart family.
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James I
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