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government where the power of the crown is unchecked
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absolute monarchy
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another name for he age of monarchs
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age of absolutism
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strongest nation in Europe during the 1500s
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Spain
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was both the holy roman emperor and the king of Spain
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Charles V
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dynasty of Charles V and Phillip II
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Hapsburg
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when Charles V divided his empire his son Phillip II became _____
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king of Spain
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strongest monarch during Spanish supremacy
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Phllip II
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Phillip II and other absolute monarchs believed they were kings by ______
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divine right
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the idea that royal power is granted by god
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divine right of kings
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he used wealth from colonies to build the largest and strongest army in europe
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Phillip II
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phillip II saw spain as as the defender of the ______
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catholic faith
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he involved spain in wars against the enemies of catholicism
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phillip II
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phillip I attempted to force all non-catholics to ________
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catholic faith
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was used as a reign of terror to extract all non-catholic elements from spain
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spanish inquisition
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this source of wealth enabled spain to become the strongest nation in europe
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American colonies
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Phillip II sent it to invade england
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Spanish armada
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its defeat in 1588 was beginning of Spains decline as the leading European power
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SPANISH ARMADA
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IN THE LATE 1500'S FRANCE WAS TORN BY RELIGIOUS CONFLICT BETWEEN _____ & ______.
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CATHOLICS AND HUGUENOTS
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FRENCH PROTESTANT CALVINISTS
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HUHUENOTS
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FIRST BOURBON KING
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HENRY OF NAVARRE/ HENRY IV
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ESTABLISHED THE EDICT NANTES
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HENRY IV
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GAVE FRENCH PROTESTANTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN 1598
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EDICT OF NANTES
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REAL RULER DURING THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIII
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CARDINAL RICHELIEU
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INVOLVED CATHOLIC FRANCE IN THE 30 YEARS WAR ON THE SIDE OF THE PROTESTANTS
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CARDINAL RICHLIEU
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WAS TRIGGERED BY A REBELLION OF BOHEMIAN PROTASTANTS
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30 YEARS WAR
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STARTED OVER RELIGION ENDED UP OVER THE BALANCE OF POWER
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30 YEARS WAR
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ENDED THE 30 YEARS WAR
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PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
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MADE FRANCE THE STRONGEST COUNTRY IN EUROPE
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PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
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LOUIS XIV MINISTER OF FINANCE
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COLBERT
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A TAX ON IMPORTS
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PROTECTIVE TARIFF
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SUN KING RULED FRANCE FROM 1643 TO 1715
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LOUIS XIV
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STRONGEST FRENCH MONARCH
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LOUIS XIV
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IN 1685 LOUIS XIV REVOKED THE _____.
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EDICT OF NANTES
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SMALL NATIONS BAND TOGETHER TO KEEP LOUIS XIV'S GRANDSON OFF THE THRONE OF SPAIN
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WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION
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PREVENTED THE ALLIANCE OF FRANCE AND SPAIN
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TREATY OF UTRECHT
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HIS POLICIES BROUGHT FRANCE NEAR FINANCIAL RUIN AND CREATED CLASS CONFLICT
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LOUIS XIV
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PHILIS'S II'S ENGLISH RIVAL
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ELIZABETH I
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RULED ENGLAND FROM 1558 TO 1603
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ELIZABETH I
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ENGLISH CAPTAINS THE CAPTURED SPANISH TREASURE SHIPS AND DEFEATED THE SPANISH ARAMADA
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SEA DOGS
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RULED FROM 1558 TO 1603, LAST TUDOR MONARCH
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ELIZABETH I
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FIRST STUART MONARCH BELIEVED IN THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
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JAMES I
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THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS BELIEVED MONARCHS WERE ONLY ANSWERABLE TO ____.
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GOD
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SUCCEEDED JAMES I AS KING OF ENGLAND
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CHARLES I
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HIS REIGN ENDED IN ENGLAND'S CIVIL WAR
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CHARLES I
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IT WAS FOUGHT OVER WHO SHOULD RULE ENGLAND ; MONARCH OR PARLIAMENT
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ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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THOSE WHO SUPPORTED CHARLES I IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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ROUNDHEATS
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ROUNDHEADS WERE MAINLY _____. (RELIGION)
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PURITANS
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LID PARLIAMENT'S ARMY TO VICTORY IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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OLIVER CROMWELL
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THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT TRIED AND EXECUTED _____.
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CHARLES I
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THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ABOLISHED MONARCHY ND DECLARED ENGLAND A REPUBLIC CALLED THE ____.
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COMMONWEALTH
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CROMWELL DROVE OUT OF PARLIAMENT AND SET UP A ____.
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MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
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NAME FOR CROMWELL'S MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
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PROTECTORATE
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CROMWELL'S DICTATORSHIP ENFORCED A _____.
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PURITAN MORAL CODE
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CROMWELL DID NOT TOLERATE OPEN WORSHIP FOR ___
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CATHOLICS
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RICHARD CROMWELL SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER AS LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND, BUT WHEN ENGLAND TIRED OF STRICT PURITAN WAYS HE WAS DEPOSED BY A _____
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MILITARY COUP
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THE RETURN OF CHARLES II AS KING OF ENGLAND
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RESTORATION
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RESTORATION DATE
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A.D. 1660
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THE RESTORATION GAVE ENGLAND A ____
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CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
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CATHOLIC BROTHER AND SUCCESSOR TO CHARLES II
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JAMES II
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ENGLISH FEARED THAT JAMES II WOULD MAKE CATHOLICISM THE ___
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STATE RELIGION
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NAME FOR THE BLOODLESS DEPOSING OF JAMES II
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GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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WILLIAM & MARY WERE GIVEN JOIN RULE OF EANGLAND AFTER THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION BUT THEY FIRST HAD TO ACCEPT THE ____
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ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
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THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS MADE SURE PARLIAMENT HAD MORE POWER THAN THE RULER AND ESTABLISHED ____
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LIMITED MONARCHY
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DATE OF THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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A.D. 1688
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WAS SELECTED BY THE LEADING GERMAN PRICES BUT IN REALITY DID NOT HAVE MUCH POWER
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HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR
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ALLOWED MARIA THERESA TO INHERIT THE THRONE OF AUSTRI
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PRAGMATIC SANCTION
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MARIA THERESA'S DYNASTY
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HAPSBUG
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DYNASTY THAT RULED PRUSSIA DURING THE AGE OF MONARCHS
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HOHENZOLLERN
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CROMWELL DID NOT TOLERATE OPEN WORSHIP FOR ___
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CATHOLICS
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RICHARD CROMWELL SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER AS LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND, BUT WHEN ENGLAND TIRED OF STRICT PURITAN WAYS HE WAS DEPOSED BY A _____
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MILITARY COUP
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THE RETURN OF CHARLES II AS KING OF ENGLAND
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RESTORATION
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RESTORATION DATE
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A.D. 1660
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THE RESTORATION GAVE ENGLAND A ____
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CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
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CATHOLIC BROTHER AND SUCCESSOR TO CHARLES II
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JAMES II
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ENGLISH FEARED THAT JAMES II WOULD MAKE CATHOLICISM THE ___
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STATE RELIGION
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NAME FOR THE BLOODLESS DEPOSING OF JAMES II
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GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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WILLIAM & MARY WERE GIVEN JOIN RULE OF EANGLAND AFTER THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION BUT THEY FIRST HAD TO ACCEPT THE ____
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ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
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THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS MADE SURE PARLIAMENT HAD MORE POWER THAN THE RULER AND ESTABLISHED ____
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LIMITED MONARCHY
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DATE OF THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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A.D. 1688
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WAS SELECTED BY THE LEADING GERMAN PRICES BUT IN REALITY DID NOT HAVE MUCH POWER
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HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR
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ALLOWED MARIA THERESA TO INHERIT THE THRONE OF AUSTRI
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PRAGMATIC SANCTION
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MARIA THERESA'S DYNASTY
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HAPSBUG
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DYNASTY THAT RULED PRUSSIA DURING THE AGE OF MONARCHS
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HOHENZOLLERN
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CENTRALIZED PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. MADE PRUSSIAN ARMY THE MOST EFFICIENT FIGHTING FORCE IN EUROPE
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FREDERIK WILLIAM I
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MOST POWERFUL RULER IN PRUSSIAN HISTORY
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FREDERIK II (THE GREAT)
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HE REJECTED THE PRAGMATIC SANCTION AND STARTED THE WA OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
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FREDERIK II (THE GREAT)
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MARIA THERESA KIEEPS THE THRONE OF AUSTRIA, AUSTRIA LOSES SILESIA
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TREATY OF AIX-IA-CHAPELLE
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STARTS AS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN AUSTRIA & PRUSSIA BECOMES A STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENGLAND & FRANCE
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SEVEN YEARS WAR
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NAME OF SEVEN YEARS WAR IN AMERICA
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FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
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IN 1650 RUSSIA WAS AN ISOLATED AND ____
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BACKWARD COUNTRY
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TITLE OF THE RUSSIAN RULER
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CZAR
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CZAR WHO WORKED TO MODERNIZE/ WESTERNIZE RUSSIA
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PETER THE GREAT
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PETER THE GREAT WAS AN ___
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ABSOLUTE MONARCH
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PETER FOUGHT THE SWEDES AND THE TURKS TO GAIN A ____
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WARM WATER PORT
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PETER THE GREAT BUILT THE NEW CAPITAL OF RUSSIA ____
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ST. PETERSBURG
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SHE FOLLOWED THE LEAD OF PETER THE GREAT IN EMBRACING WESTERN IDEAS AND EXPANDING RUSSIA'S BORDERDS
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CATHERINE THE GREAT
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INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENT OF THE 17TH ND 18TH CENTURIES
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ENLIGHTENMENT
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT CELEBRATED THE POWERS OF ____
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REASON
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ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS PROMOTED RELIGIOUS ____
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TOLERATION
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ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS SOUGHT TO CONSTRUCT GOVERNMENT FREE OF ____
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TYRANNY
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ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS BELIEVED ALL PROBLEMS COULD BE SOLVED WITH ____
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REASON
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT WAS PROMPTED BY THE ____ (1500S & 1600S)
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SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
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THE SUN S THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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HELIOCENTRIC THEORY
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HE DEVELOPED A TELESCOPE AND SUPPORTED THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY
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GALILEO
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PROBABLY MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD THEN ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL
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GALILEO GALIEI
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GALILEO WAS FORCED TO RECANT BY THE ____
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CATHOLIC CHURCH
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DEMONSTRATED THAT PLANETS MOVE IN ELLIPSES/ OVALS
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JOHANNES KEPLER
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HIS DISCOVERIES CHANGED THE VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE MORE THEN ANYONE ELSE'S
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ISAAC NEWTON
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HE LAID HE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC THEORIES THAT SUBSEQUENTLY REVOLUTIONIZED THE WORLD
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ISAAC NEWTON
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