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Age of Absolutism
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9th Grade
01/29/2012

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Hapsburg Empire
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Charles I's huge empire which included the Holy Roman Empire and the Netherlands
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El Greco
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a famous painter during Spain's brilliant art and literature period
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Huguenots
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French Protestants who fought the Catholic majority during religious wars
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Edict of Nantes
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the document that Henry IV issued when he granted the Huguenots religious toleration and other freedoms
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Versailles
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Louis XIV's royal palace; an incredible building
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Puritans
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a group that sought to purify the church of Catholic practices
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English Bill of Rights
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created by Parliament in 1689; ensured the superiority of Parliament over the monarchy...trying to take away power from the monarch
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Peace of Westphalia
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signed in 1648; ended Ferdinand's war; declared France the winner
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War of the Austrian Succession
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an 8 year war that was sparked by Frederick II seizing Hapsburg provence of Silesia; won by Maria Theresa and her followers
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Prussia
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emerged as a new Protestant power in the 1600s; scattered lands across north Germany
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St. Petersburg
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Peter's magnificent new capital city of Russian empire; located on the Baltic coast along the Neva River
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