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Chapter 5 vocabulary
Keyterms
Term | Definition |
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Philip II | Inherited Spain the Spanish Netherlands,and the American colonies. |
Absolute Monarch | Kings or queens who held all of the power within their states' bounderies |
Divine Right | the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God's representative on Earth |
Edict of Nantes | this declaration of religions toleration was called Edict of Nantes |
Cardinal Richelieu | Become,in effect,the ruler of France |
Skepticism | the idea that nothing can ever be known for certain |
Louis XIV | The effects of Henry IV and Richelieu to strengthen then French monarchy payed the way fr the most powerful ruler in French hisory |
Intendants | who collected taxes and administered justice |
Jean Baptiste Colbert | no one assisted him more achieving these goals than his minister of finance |
War of the Spanish Succession | the long struggle that followed is known as the War of the Spanish Succession |
Thirty Years' War | a conflict over religion and territory and for power among Europe ruling families |
Maria Theresa | she faces years of war |