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Peace of Ausburg
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1555-1618
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Ottoman turks
Definition
most powerful in 15th-16th centuries
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Hapsburg Princes
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most powerful in 16th century
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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1577
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Phillip II
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r.1556-1598
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Armada
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defeated 1588
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Battle of Lepanto
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1571
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Charles IX
Definition
r. 1550-1578
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Edict of toleration of Huguenots
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1562
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Henry IV
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r. 1589-1610
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Peace of Alais
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1629
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Elizabeth I
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r. 1558-1603
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Puritans
Definition
late 16th-17th century
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James I
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r. 1603-1625
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Charles I
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r. 1625-1649
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30 years' war
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1618-1648
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Defenestration of Prague
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1618
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Battle of White mt.
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1620
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Peace of Westphalia
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1648
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Ivan IV
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r. 1533-1584
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Price Revolution
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16th-17th centuries
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Gentry
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height of power in 16th century
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Witch hunt
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1450-1750
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Baroque
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16th-18th centuries
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Absolutism
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Achieved in France by Louis XIV in 17th century
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Mercantilism
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17th-18th centuries
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Dutch war
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1672-1678
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9 years' war
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1688-1697
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Treaty of Ruswick
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1619
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Parliament
Definition
16th century
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English civil war
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1642-1649
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Oliver cromwell
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lord protector from 1653-1658
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glorious revolution
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1688
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Treaty of Carlowitz
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1699
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Brandenburg-Prussia
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most powerful in europe in 17th century
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cossacks
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16th century
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peter the great
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r. 1682-1725
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dutch east india company
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formed 1602
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hobbes
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wrote "Leviathon" in 1652
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Locke
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1632-1704
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enlightenment
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18th century
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philosophes
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18th century
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voltaire
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wrote "Candide" in 1759
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Rosseau
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wrote "the social contract" in 1762
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Salons
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18th century
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enlightened despotism
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18th century
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Frederick II
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r. 1740-1786
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Maria Theresa
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r. 1740-1780
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Catherine the Great
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r. 1762-1769
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7 years' war
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1756-1763
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slave trade
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reached peak in 18th century
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agricultural revolution
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16th-18th centuries
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putting-out system
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expanded in 18th century
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Louis XVI
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r. 1774-1793
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National Assembly
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formed 1789
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Tennis Court Oath
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1780
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Jacobins
Definition
18th century
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Robspierre
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influential leader of committee of safety 1793-1794
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The Terror
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1793-1794
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Society of Revolutionary Republican women
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late 18th century
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Directory
Definition
1795-1799
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Napoleon
Definition
r. 1804-1815
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Civil code
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1804
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Francois Toussaint-Louverture
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governed haiti after slave revolt in 1791
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Industrialization
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18th century
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Mass production
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18th century
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Steam Engine
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18th century
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Factories
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18th century
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Urbanization
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late 18th-19th centuries
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Proletariat
Definition
19th century
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Friendly Societies
Definition
19th century
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Ludites
Definition
19th century
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Congress of Vienna
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convened 1814
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Conservativism
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established in Europe in 1815
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Liberalism
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19th century
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Laissez faire
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19th century
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Utilitarianism
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19th century
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Socialism
Definition
19th century
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Marxism
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19th century
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July revolution
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1825
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Great reform bill
Definition
1832
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Chartism
Definition
19th century
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Decembrists
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1825
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Frankfurt Assembly
Definition
19th century
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Adventures of a Simpleton
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1668
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Candide
Definition
1759
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Robspierre's Speech
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1793
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Napoleon's letter
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1801
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Chronicle of Napoleon in Egypt
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1798
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