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Honors Western Civ II Test #1
1600s and 1700s
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History
Undergraduate 1
01/31/2012

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Term
Absolutism
Definition
when a commonwealth places its collective power into the hands of a single ruler who serves as executor, legislator, and judge.
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Louis XIII
Definition
-Bourbon dynasty
-came to throne at age 9
-Cardinal Richelieu was the power behind the throne.
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Bourbons
Definition
French dynasty that ruled France during this time.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Definition
-power behind Louis XIII
-wanted to strengthen the power of the king.
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Cardinal Mazarin
Definition
-trained by Richelieu
-power behind Louis XIV
-increased power to the throne
-raised taxes on nobility
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Louis XIV
Definition
-came to power at age 4
-assumed control of France at age 23
-"The Sun King"
-longest reign of 72 years
-absolute monarch
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Palace of Versailles
Definition
-built by Louis XIV
-Louis invited aristocrats to keep an eye on them
-isolated the nobility from the reality of France
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War of the Triple Alliance
Definition
invasion of the Spanish Netherlands (1667)
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Second Dutch War
Definition
Anexation of Alsace and Lorraine, occupation of Strasburg (1679)
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War of the League of Augsburg
Definition
other European nations join forces to limit France's power
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War of Spanish Succession
Definition
greatest threat to the balance of power
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Reasons for Spanish decline
Definition
-declared bankruptcy twice
-lacked industry
-inefficient government
-lost the Spanish Netherlands in the Thirty Years War
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Hohenzollerns
Definition
unify Germany
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