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France and English revolution
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01/17/2013

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Bureaucracy
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French word for desk government and was initially set up by Louis XIV, in which all local matters were handled by agents of centralized govt.
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Mazarin
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Young Cardinal who watched the throne while Louis XIV was five years old
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_____ reign of power of over 70 years was one of the longest reigns of any king in History.
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Louis XIV
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Sun king
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Lois XIV
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Why did Louis XIV say L'etat c'est moi
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Because he was declaring that he is the state.
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Authoritarian kings
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kings who ruled suspecting unconditional obedience to their authority
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Palace of Versailles
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Built by Louis XIV as a house for many government officials
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Jean Colbert
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Louis XIV's minister of Finance
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Denis Diderot
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Created the encyclopedia
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Romanticism
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The philosophy created by Rousseau which states that man is naturally good and that society is bad.
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Rationalism
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Created by Voltaire stated that man's reason is the sole criterion for truth.
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Voltaire
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Father of English Enlightenment
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Louis XV
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grandson of Louis XIV who was a weak successor to the crown but predicted Frances out come .
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Louis XVI
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Weak king who was submitted under the Nobility by them forcing him to call the Estates General.
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French Revolution
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Began as an Aristocratic Revolt, but changed when the third estate(common people) became 98% of Frances population, thus causing the Revolution to be more focused on the Rights of the people and their freedoms.
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first Estate
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made up of the Clergy
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Second Estate
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made up of the Nobility
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Third Estate
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the middle class to the poor.
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July 14 1789
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the storm of Bastille
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1812
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when Napoleons campaign in Russia began and when he virtually ruled all of Europe.
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October 21 1805
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Battle of Trafalgar.
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Battle of Trafalgar
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occurred in 1805 where the British fleet defeated a combined force of the French and Spanish combined and was one of the greatest sea battles in History
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Lord Horatio Nelson
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One of the world's greatest naval hero (Trafalgar)
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Battle of Austerlitz
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The greatest victory in Napoleon's career (Austrian-Russian fleet).
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Louis XVIII
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took the throne in 1813 while Napoleon was banished to Elba after the battle of Leipzig
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October 1813
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Battle of Leipzig where Napoleon was banned to Elba for six months after losing to all of Europe.
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June 18 1815
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Battle of Waterloo where the Duke of wellington was able to defeat Napoleon for the last time
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Who was the first Stuart king
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King James the first who was originally king James VI of Scotland and became king of England.
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1611
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The year the Authorization bible/King James bible was created.
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1620
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When English Separatist established Plymouth
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1607
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When Jamestown was est. and was the first permanent English settlement in the New world
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William Laud
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Appointed archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I
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Petition of Right
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signed in 1628 by parliament and the people which reinstated the rights of the people
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1630
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When the puritans from England established Massachusetts
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1642-1649
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English civil war between the Round heads(parliament) and the Cavaliers(king)
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Oliver Cromwell
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puritan who became leader of the parliaments armies.
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July 2 1644
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When the the Battle of Marston moor occurred
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1754-1763
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French Indian war
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Who was the first true prime Minister of Britain
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Sir Robert Walpole
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Who was the first Hanoverian king
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George I
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George II
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ruler during the time of the Industrial Revolution
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Mercantilism
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The practice of retrieving natural goods from the Colonies and producing the Finished product and re-selling making a profit
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George III
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It was under him that the French and Indian war and during the American
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Long Parliament
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Session where the same members remained for as long as 13 years
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Grand Remonstrance
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a document signed in November 1641 by parliament that stated the additional grievances against the king.
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11 years of Tyranny
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Began when Charles I did not want to honor the petition of rights made by the parliament.
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The most costly war of Louis XIV reign's
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War of Spanish succession
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Louis Joliet, Jacques Marquette
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Explored the central Mississippi in 1673
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1682
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Robert Cavalier de la Salle discovered New France
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Treaty of Utrecht
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est. in 1713 and established the balance of power in Europe
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Battle of Blenheim
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most notable Spanish victory
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