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Who helped Louis XIV in his efforts to support tradition but add?
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Francois Michel Le Tellier
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During which king's reign was the Edict of Nantes repealed?
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Louis XIV
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Who became Louis XIV's leading econ and financial adviser?
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Colbert
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T/F: During Louis XIV's reign, many Huguenots were prosperous.
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true
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What happened to the Huguenots during Louis XIV's reign?
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faced mounting persecution
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Since any visible imporvement on one's household resulted in a higher tax, what happened?
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No one wanted to improve; heavily taxed regions became poorer
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Who was known as the Sun King?
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Louis XIV
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What cause other European rulers to join forces against France?
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Louis XIV's desire for expansion
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Louis XIV believed that the conversion from protestantism to catholicism would prove what?
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loyalty to the throne
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What was Louis XIV's goal?
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expand the glory and power of France
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Who was known as the most powerful Bourbon monarch?
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Louis XIV
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Because Louis XIV repealed the Edict of Nantes, what happened?
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200,000 Huguenots moved to the Netherlands, England, and to the American colonies
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Who inherited the French throne after Henry IV died?
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Louis XIII
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Where did Louis XIV move his court and gvt to?
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palace at Versailles
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What did Henry IV do to rebuild France?
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restored treasury, repaired roads/bridges, supported trade and industry
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At the end of Louis XIV's reign, what was Europe concerned about?
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succession to the Spanish throne
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How long did Louis XIV rule?
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72 years
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What allowed Protestant worship to continue in areas where Protestants were a majority, but not in Paris, etc.?
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Edict of Nantes
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Henry IV believed that people's religious beliefs shouldn't interfere with what?
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loyalty to govt
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Why did Louis XIV refuse to live in Paris?
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the Fronde
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Which French king converted to Catholicism to quiet his Catholic opponents?
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Henry IV
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The balance of power would be disrupted if who inherited Spain's empire?
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France
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What granted the Huguenots the same civil rights as Catholics?
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Edict of Nantes
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According to Bossuet, subjects had no right to revolt even if..?
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the king was unjust
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Who became king in 1643 at the age of 5?
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Louis XIV
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In the Treaty of Utrecht, England and the Netherlands recongized Philip V as king of Spain under what condition?
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France and Spain would never be united under one crown
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According to Bossuet, kings need account to no one except...?
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God
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What restored peace after the war of the Spanish Succession?
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treaty of utrecht in 1713
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When was the war of the Spanish Succession?
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1701-1713
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What did Louis XIV not require his nobles to do?
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pay taxes
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After Louis XIV's rule, the peasants and middle class resented what?
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privileges and wealth of the nobles
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After Louis XIV's rule, the nobles' had a little/a lot of power?
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very little, but still a desire for power
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What actions ended the religious strife and enabled France to rebuild itself?
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Edict of Nantes giving rights to the Huguenots
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Who was the leading church official of France during the 1600's?
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Jacques Bossuet
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At Versailles, Louis XIV felt safe from what?
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Parisian mobs
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After Louis XIV's rule, nobility sought to expand its power under who?
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Louis XV
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As many as how many people lived at Versailles?
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10,000
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Although Louis XIV relied on a bureacracy, he was the source of what in France?
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political authority
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The nobility depended on Louis XIV's favor for what?
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pensions, court posts, and protection from creditors
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What were French Protestants called?
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Huguenots
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Who issued the Edict of Nantes?
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Henry IV
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Why did Louis XIV emphasize a strong monarchy?
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fear of disorder without it
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Louis XIV grew up during what, a series of uprisings by nobles and peasants?
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the Fronde
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The unreformed tax system heightened what between the regions of France?
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economic differences
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Instead of changing traditions and losing the throne, Louis XIV did what?
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added to them new admin offices and practices
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Extending the efforts to strengthen the monarchy (like cardinal richelieu), Louis XIV chose his advisors from what class?
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middle-class families (NOT nobility)
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What was the supreme court of law in Paris called?
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Parlement
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Louis XIV couldn't change all of the traditions, even though what varied throughout France?
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legal systems, weights and measures, local gvt, etc.
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Louis XIV's feelings about absolute monarchy were later supported by whom?
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Jacques Bossuet
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Although France enjoyed one of its most brilliant cultural periods under Louis XIV, his projects and wars did what?
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left the country near financial ruin
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To whom did Charles II's will give the Spanish empire to?
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Louis XIV's grandson, Philip of Anjou
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Was the war of the Spanish Succession good or bad for France?
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bad- drained treaury, brought poverty, created opposition to Louis XIV's rule
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When Charles II died, Philip of Anjou became King Philip V of Spain, causing what?
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War of the Spanish Succession
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What did Cardinal Richelieu do to try to make France the supreme power in Europe?
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expanded army, supported culture, made French Academy
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What did Cardinal Richelieu do to the Huguenots after defeating them?
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took away their rights, but could have religious freedom
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Cardinal Richelieu gave authority in local gvt affairs to what group of people?
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intendants
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When was the Edict of Nantes issued?
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1598
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During Louis XIV's reign, who carried most of the tax burden?
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lower class, poor
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Who was Louis XIII's regent?
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his mother, Marie de Medici
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Who did Louis XIII let his mother bring in to advise him?
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Cardinal Richelieu
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When Louis XIII came to the throne, who was in control of the provinces?
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nobility
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What did Cardinal Richelieu do to end the nobles' power?
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destroyed their castles and stripped them of their local admin fxns
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What did Louis XIV sell to both nobles and non-nobles?
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offices with guaranteed salaries
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What was Cardinal Richelieu's ultimate goal (globally speaking)?
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to make France the supreme power in Europe
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After a period of religion conflict, peace was restored to most of France when who became king?
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Henry IV in 1589
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In what year did the Huguenots rebel against Louis XIII?
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1625
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Who did Cardinal Richelieu try to take away military and territorial rights from?
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Huguenots (by the Edict of Nantes)
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After 7 years, who overthrew his mother and exiled her?
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Louis XIII
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Who served Louis XIV as minister of war improved France's mility position?
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Louvois
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Who founded the Bourbon dynasty?
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Henry IV
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