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APMEH-Absolutism-- French Rev
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10th Grade
05/06/2010

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Henry's IV cheif finanical advisor
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Richelieu
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this limited the extent to which France could expand and restored the blanace of powers after the War of Spanish Succession
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Peace of Utrect
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What is absolutism?
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the thoery that the monarch is sumpreme and can exercise full and complete power
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Waht is the Fronde
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a french rebeliion that was caused by Mazarin's attempt to increase royal revenue and expend state bureaucracy, caused by Louis XIV to distrust the state and turn to absolutism
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Who was Oliver Cromwell?
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and english gnereal who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War: Lord Protector of England
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What was the glorious revolution?
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it was in Britian when the overthrow of the gov of James II that resultd in rfeign of Will and mary
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This guarenteed the rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. Support for Limited monarchy.
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English Bill of Rights
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What was the Pragmatic Sanction>
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It was issued by Charles the VI of Austria to assure his daughter Maria Theresa got the throne
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Who is Mary Shelley's mom?
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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