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Absolute Monarch
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which is a king or queen who has complete control over a country.
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divine right
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is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy.
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mercantilism
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o create a strong economy and wealth for the country in order to support the countries absolutist tendencies.
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Louis xiv
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Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death
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sun king
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Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King,
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Estates general
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The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy, the nobles, and the common people.
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Huguenots
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The Huguenots were French Protestants. The tide of the Reformation reached France early in the sixteenth century and was part of the religious and political fomentation of the times.
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