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Absolute Monarchs

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Mary   Came to power in England as a result of the Glorious Revolution  
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James I   Calvinist king of Scotland inherited Elizabeth's English throne as well as her conflicts with Parliament  
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Philip II   Hardworking monarch and devout Catholic ruled the Spanish empire in the late 1500s  
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Charles I   English monarch sentenced to death by a Puritan government  
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Charles II   monarch who's reign is known as the Restoration  
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Henry IV   Founded the Bourbon dnasty and issued the Edict of Nantes  
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Louis XIII   Weak king of France whom Cardinal Richelieu served  
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Louis XIV   King of France who began his reign at the age of five and became France's most powerful monarch  
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Frederick II   King of Prussia started the War of Austrian Succession by seizing territories belonging to Austria  
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Peter the Great   King of Russia to gain a warm water port  
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Oliver Cromwell   Puritan leader abolished the English monarchy and ruled as a military dictator  
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Cardinal Richelieu   Minister to Louis XIII, took steps to strengthen the monarchy at the expense of the nobility and the Huguenots  
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Jean Baptiste Colbert   Minister of finance under Louis XIV who embraced mercantilism  
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Michel de Montaigne   French writer known for embracing skepticism and developing the essay form of literature  
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