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| King Henry IV (1589-1610) |
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| Creates "Edict of Nantes" |
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| Louis XIII (Spider King)(childhood) |
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| Was still a kid; minister was "Cardinal Richelieu" - was a bastard. Cardinal R ran France. Peasants rebel (fronde) Louis XIII vows not to let this happen again. |
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| Louis XIII (Spider King)(adult) |
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| Regain power. Creates absolute monarchy. Versailles to trap nobility. France becomes world power. French spoken everywhere. |
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| French finance minister. Pushed merecantilism. Created regulations and standards. Failed because of warfare costs. |
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| Gov. controls economy. Horde gold. Become self-sufficient. |
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| Revokes "Edict of Nantes." Most flee and take wealth elsewhere. |
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| World power because they find new world first. No middle class. Spanish armada tries to invade England. No infrastructure. Extractive economy. Fails. |
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| Queen Elizabeth I (Virgin Queen) |
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| Smart. Didn't Marry. Somehow didn't get pregnant. Very good with PR. |
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| Called this because of hair. Led by "Oliver Cromwell." Want to overthrow Charles I. Won. |
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| Lead by Charles I. No real reason to fight. Lost. |
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| Rule by religion. Everyone hated Oliver Cromwell because of his harsh rules. |
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English bill of rights:
parliament gains power |
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-laws passed by parliament not to be superseded by King.
-parliament had to be called in every 3 years.
-free election and debate in parliament
-judges can serve for life
-no standing army during peacetime
-right to arms |
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John Locke
-have the right to rebel
-only people who can vote |
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| Becomes important in trade and commerce. Accepted anyone's race if you paid taxes and didn't convert. Dominant state is Holland. |
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| Group of rich families that make decisions. |
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| Group of independent states. |
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| First publicly traded company. Very successful. |
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| Relatively strong middle class. |
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| Class of person who serves will of landlord, bound to land. Required to do random tasks as much as 6 out of 7 days of the week. |
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| In: Poland, Russia, and Prussia. Shrinking middle class because of this. Also forces primitive economic system. |
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| Gets rid of nobility and uses educated slaves. Almost takes Vienna. (turk) |
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| Family, very large land owners. In 1663 controls much of Germany. |
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| German nobility, need them to control Germany. Backbone of German nobility. |
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| Used fear of war to unite people. Raises tax - weakens nobility. |
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| Encourages Mercantilism. One of best armies. Service nobility. Military system in use today. Installs required education for all boys. |
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| conquer Russians in 13th cent. Ghengis Khan unites all the mongols scattered. Over time Mongol presence lessened. |
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| Killed people who didn't follow. Creates service nobility. |
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| Interested in warfare. Wants to bring Russia into the modern age. Nobility must serve full time. Military training schools. Uses smart peasants for some jobs. Would try to recruit Scientists and Inventors. |
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| Created by Peter The Great. Thousands died when it was built. Style called Baroque. |
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| Heavy and contorted form. Lots of ornamentation. |
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| Wrote about everything. Earth center. |
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| Said sun was the center of the universe. Published book right before he died. Shock wave through scientific community. |
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| Starts to create scientific method. Knows that Copernickus is correct. Pope is his friend. Publishes racy book and the church comes down heavily on him. |
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| Theory of gravitation. Wrote "Principia Mathmatica." Spent rest of life trying to find codes in bible. |
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Intellectual movement. Appeals to reason.
1) Can use science to explain everything
2) Social Science
3) Possible to make progress in history |
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| Low opinion of common people. Included all the people that made the idea for today's US gov. |
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| Blank slate. In children. |
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| Said power should be divided - checks and balances. |
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| Believed that there were superior people in every class. Hated Catholics. |
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| 1 god - created universe and let it tick. |
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| Created Encyclopedia. Attempt to consolidate all human knowledge. |
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