Unit 5 Flashcards

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1
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Jean Bodin

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founded the basis of absolutism w/ philosophy

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2
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Jaques Bousset

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-tutor to Louis XIV
-Dive right to rule

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3
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Henry IV

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Henry of Navarre

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4
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Duke of Sully

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Mercantilist Finance Minister under Henry IV

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5
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Cardinal Richilieu

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-chief minister under Louis XIII
-politique

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Peace of Alais

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-made it that Huguenots could not have political power
-Cardinal Richelieu

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7
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Louis XIV’s reign

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1643-1715

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8
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Fronde

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-1648-1653
-power struggle between monarchy + parliament of France

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9
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Cardinal Jule Marazin

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-successor of Cardinal Richelieu
-Fronde

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10
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Edict of Fontainebleau

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-1685
-Louis XIV revoking Edict of Nantes

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Duke de Saint Simon

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Wrote about living in Versailles under Louis XIV

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12
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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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-General of finances under Louis XIV
-Mercantilist

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13
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LeTelleir

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-Marquis de Luvois
-Secretary of war under Louis XIV
-in charge of recruitment

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Jean Martinet

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-Lieutenant under Louis XIV
-in charge of maintaining order of soldiers

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15
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War of Devolution

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France trying to take over Spanish Netherlands

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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

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Ended the War of Devolution

17
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The Dutch War

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France trying to weaken Dutch trade

18
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Treaty of Nijmwegan

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Ended the Dutch War

19
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The Nine Years War/The War of the League of Augsburg

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France expanded down the Rhine

20
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William of Orange

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-King of England
-Led league of Augsburg

21
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Peace of Ryswick

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Ended the Nine Years War/War of the League of Augsburg

22
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War of Spanish Succession

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-1701-1713
-War over Spanish throne between French Bourbon’s and Austrian Hapsburgs

23
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Philip of Anjou

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Bourbon who was set to inherit Spanish throne

24
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Grand Alliance

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Everyone vs. France in the War of Spanish Succession

25
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Peace of Utrecht

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-1713
-Philip of Anjou becomes king
-Austrian Hapsburgs gain Austrian Netherlands, Naples, Milan
-England gets Hudson Bay Area and Newfoundland and Straight of Gilbaltrar

26
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James I

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-King of England
-did not want Puritans in Parliament
-“No Bishop, No King!”

27
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Gunpowder Plot of 1605

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-November 5th
-Attempt to blow up Parliament
-Guy Fawkes

28
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Charles I

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-Son of James I
-Uniformed Book of Common Prayer
-bypass Parliament to raise taxes (ship tax)

29
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True Law of Free Monarchies

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-written by James I
-divine right to rule

30
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Petition of Knight

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-issued against Charles I
-only Parliament could tax
-Charles I could not arrest members of Parliament without cause

31
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Long Parliament

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Parliament staying in power from 1640-1660 under Charles I

32
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Triennial Act

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Parliament had to be called every three years