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15 Cards in this Set
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Greatist French King
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Louis XIV
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Protestant French minority
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Huguenots
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Worst Huguenot massacure in France
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St. Batholomew's Day
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Hugenot king, converted to christianity but gave protection to Hugenots
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Henery IV
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Granted Hugenots religious tolerance
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Edict of Nates
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Cardinal who ruled for Louis XIII, destroied the power of the Hugenots and Nobles
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Describe Louis XIV
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French king, ruled with absolute power, siad that "I am the state" never called the Estates General. Made a great army and won the support of the Nobles
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Royal officals who collect taxs, recruited soilders and carried out polocies in provences
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Intendants
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Brillant Financial Minister under King Louis XIV
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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Louis XVI's great palace
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Versailles
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Rising cerimony wene nobles dress the king
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levee
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Why did Louis XIV take the name "The Sun King"
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B/C as the sun was the center of the galiexy, he was the center of the government.
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Did King Louis XIV support the arts?
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Yes
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Why did Louis XIV's kingdom crumble after his death?
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He spent oddles of money on dumb things, he expelled the Hugenots losing skilled laborers, and he waged costly wars that never came to nything because other euoropean countries blocked him
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What hapened to Philip V?
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Louis XIV's grandson he was supposed to inherrit the Spnish and french kingdoms, but other europeans forced them not to unite the 2 kingdoms.
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