SECTION 2: THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV Flashcards

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EDICT OF NANTES

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Order that gave Huguenots the right to live in peace in Catholic France.

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CARDINAL RACHELIEU

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Order that gave Huguenots the right to live in peace in Catholic France.

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SKEPTICISM

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Belief that nothing could be known for certain.

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LOUIS XIV

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French king who was an absolute ruler.

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5
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INTENDANT

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Official of the French government.

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JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT

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Chief Minister of Finance under Louis XIV.

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WAT OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION

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War fought by other European nations against France

and Spain when those two states tried to unite their thrones.

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