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Jean Bodin

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founded the basis of absolutism w/ philosophy

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Jaques Bousset

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-tutor to Louis XIV
-Dive right to rule

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Henry IV

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Henry of Navarre

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Duke of Sully

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Mercantilist Finance Minister under Henry IV

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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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Louis XIV’s reign

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1643-1715

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Fronde

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

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Cardinal Jule Marazin

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-successor of Cardinal Richelieu
-Fronde

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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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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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-General of finances under Louis XIV
-Mercantilist

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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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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

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The Dutch War

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France trying to weaken Dutch trade

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Treaty of Nijmwegan

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Ended the Dutch War

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

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France expanded down the Rhine

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William of Orange

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-King of England
-Led league of Augsburg

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Peace of Ryswick

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

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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

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23
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Philip of Anjou

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Bourbon who was set to inherit Spanish throne

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Grand Alliance

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Everyone vs. France in the War of Spanish Succession

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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

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James I

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

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Gunpowder Plot of 1605

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

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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)

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True Law of Free Monarchies

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-written by James I
-divine right to rule

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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

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Long Parliament

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Parliament staying in power from 1640-1660 under Charles I

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Triennial Act

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Parliament had to be called every three years

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English Civil War

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-1642-1649
-Roundheads (gentry) vs. Cavilers (Royalists)
-Charles I executed

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Rump Parliament

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Cromwell’s supporters left

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Commonwealth

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-1649-1653
-England’s attempt at a Republic

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Protectorate

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-1653-1659
-military dictatorship under Oliver Cromwell in England

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Oliver Cromwell

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-successor of Charles I
-Protecterate
-Disbanded Parliament
-Mercantilist
-Religious toleration of Protestants + Jews
-Puritan values -> censorship (not popular)
-Crushed Ireland (Catholic)

38
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Navigation Act

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-1651
-Oliver Cromwell
-English goods only on English ships

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Instrument of Government

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-Oliver Cromwell
-Attempt at English constitution

40
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Levelers

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-English radicals
-Universal male sufferage

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Diggers

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-English radicals
-common property

42
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The Interregnum

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-England
-Time after Charles I executed
-England no king -> Commonwealth -> Protecterate

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The Restoration

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-1660-1688
-England returning to a monarchy after the Protectiorate

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-Charles II

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-1st restoration monarch

45
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Declaration of Breda

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Charles II pardoning everyone who went against the government during the English Civil War + interregnum

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Cabal

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-Cabinet where Charles II tried to get along with Parliament
-failed because Parliament refused to give him money

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Treaty of Dover

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-Charles II’s treaty with Louis XIV
-Charles Catholicize England -> Louis XIV gave him money

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Test Act

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-Parliaments reaction to the Treaty of Dover
-only Anglicans can hold office

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James II

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-brother + successor of Charles II
-Catholic
-Violated Test Act

50
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Wigs

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-Parliament party who opposed James II

51
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Tories

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Loyalist Parliamentary party

52
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The Glorious Revolution

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-1688
-William of Orange + Mary Stewart take over English thrown
-Parliament appointed them
-did not want to be surrounded by Catholics
-wanted English recourses to fight French

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Mary Stewart

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-daughter of James II
-Protestant
-Married William of Orange

54
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William of Orange

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-married to Mary Stewart
-Dutch Protestant leader

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Outcomes of the Glorious Revolution

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-end of divine right
-monarchy shared power with Parliament
-establishment of a constitutional monarchy in England

56
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English Bill of Rights

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-1689
-Monarch is not above the law
-reaffirms Parliaments power
-shows People’s rights

57
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Toleration Act

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-1689
-Protestants dissenters may worship
-Only Anglicans can hold office

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Act of Succession/Settlement

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-1701
-only Anglicans can succeed English thrown

59
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Creation of United Kingdom

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-1707
-England joins Scotland

60
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Thomas Hobbes

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-wrote Leviathan in response to English Civil War

61
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John Locke

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-Wrote Treatises on Government to defend the English Bill of Rights

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