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Absolute monarchy

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Monarchy has all the power

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Hapsburg dynasty

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Rulers of Austria, Maria Theresa, Ferdinand and Isabella, Charles V

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Divine right

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The excuse that God himself chose the ruler

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Don Quixote

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Book by Miguel de Cervantes

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El Greco

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Painter in the Spanish golden age

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Spanish Armada

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Spanish navy

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Elizabeth I

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Ruler of England (Protestant but tolerated catholics)

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Phillip II

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Ruler of Spain (catholic, taxed heavily)

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Intendants

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Tax collectors to help the king that eventually became the bourgeoise

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Merchantilism

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System of trade by acquiring colonies

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Huguenots

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Calvinists; France

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“Paris is worth a mass”

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Said by Huguenot Henry IV; converted to Catholicism to rule France

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Henry IV

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Huguenot, turned catholic for political and social power

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Edict of Nantes

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Freed Huguenots from persecution in France

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Cardinal Richelieu

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Ran France until Louis was of age

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“Sea-Dogs”

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Thugs hired by Elizabeth I to combat Phillip II

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Tudor dynasty

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Dynasty that ran England (Elizabeth I)

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Bourbon dynasty

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Dynasty that ran France (Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette)

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Romanov dynasty

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Dynasty that ran Russia (Peter the great, Catherine the great)

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Hohenzollern dynasty

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Dynasty that ran Prussia

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Stuart dynasty

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Dynasty that ran England for a short time (James I, Charles I)

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Balance of power

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System of checks and balances to ensure that no one branch gets all the power

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Versailles

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The palace and grounds for the king of France, about 13 miles from Paris

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Louis XIV

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“Sun King” because he was the center of the universe, made first full time army

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“I am the state”

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Said by Luis XIV, meant that he is the law

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Puritans

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Calvinists who had no fun and were very plain

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Thirty Years’ War

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Protestants vs Catholics

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Peace of Westphalia

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Treaty that ended the Thirty Years’ War

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Parliament

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“House of lords and House of Commons” the ‘congress’ of England

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Limited monarchy

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Still a monarchy, but legislative branch checks the power of the King

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Oliver Cromwell

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“Lord protector” Puritan dictator of Europe

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English civil war

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Cavaliers (nobles) vs Roundheads (untrained civilians)(new model army) left England with puritans in charge

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Common wealth

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Means that England is now for the common people

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Glorious revolution

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Bloodless revolution; left Mary and William of Orange in charge; no more divine right

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English bill of rights

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Parliament creates laws and the monarchy cannot interfere, parliament can meet whenever they want, monarch must be Anglican, jury trial, right to speedy trial, no excessive bail, no cruel or unusual punishment

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Prussia

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Modern day Germany, ran by Hohenzollerns

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Peter the great

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Ruler of Russia, westernized it after visiting friends

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Westernization Russia

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By Peter the Great; imported technology from the west

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Boyars

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Nobles of Russia; forced to cut off their beards by Peter the Great; forced to do a service to the state which made them become officers or part of the government

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Partition of Poland

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Poland was invaded in three different parts; ceased to exist

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