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Chapter 7 id cards

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Absolutism   a type of government where the king has total control.  
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Divine Right   a theory of government where the king is believed to be granted the power to rule by a god/gods  
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Thomas hobbes   political theorist who wrote the Leviathan.  
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Cardinal Mazarin   advisor to king Louis XIV and his regent mother.  
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Louis XIV   absolute ruler of France who ruled for 72 years. Also called the sun king.  
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Estates General   an assembly of representatives from the 3 french estates: clergy, nobility, and commoners.  
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The Fronde   A revolt among the french nobility. This occured to try reobtain their social and political influence they had lost.  
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Mercantilism   an economic theory that encouraged the import of precious metals and exploitation of resources to create a self sufficient economy.  
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Jean Baptiste Colbert   financial advisor to king Louis XIV of France.  
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Nobles of the Sword   French nobles who held titles of nobility that dated back generation after generation.  
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Versailles   Palace and site of the royal court of King Louis XIV.  
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Moliere   Jean Baptiste moliere was a playwright who worked at he court of King Louis XIV.  
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Revocation of the Edict of Nantes   King Louis XIV reversed the policies of religious tolerance passed under previous rulers.  
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Jansenism   a religious group living on France Austria and parts of Italy.  
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War of the Holy League   Conflict between Austria and the Ottoman Empire.  
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Junker   Prussian nobles and land owners.  
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Great Elector Fredrick William   Ruler of Prussia(1640-1688) He built Prussias military to create a militaristic society.  
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Ivan the terrible   Ivan IV was a ruler of Russia. He was the first ruler of Russia to be crowned tsar.  
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Boyar   Russian noble.  
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Time of troubles   a period of anarchy and chaos in Russia.  
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Serfdom   in 1649 Russian peasants were officially lables serfs. It was an extreme form of serfdom which boardered on slavery.  
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Peter the Great   Ruler of Russia from 1682 to 1725. He was responsible for making Russia more westernized.  
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Table of ranks   1772. It was a policy created by Peter the great. Boyars were required to participate in either the army navy or government offices.  
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St Petersburg   The new capital of Russia built on the Baltic sea. Peter the Great wanted the city's architecture to be modeled ofter western Europe.  
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Balance of Power   A political idea suggesting that peace in Europe in directly tied to a balance of power.  
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War of Spanish Succession   Military conflict over the succession to the Spanish throne after the death of Charles II.  
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Treaty of Utrecht   signed in 1713 to end the War of Spanish Succession.  
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Bishop Bossuet   he served as bishop and tutor to King Louis XIV.  
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Treaty of Nystad   Treaty which ended the Great Northern War, a military conflict between Russia and Sweden.  
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Nobles of the robe   Fremch nobles who purchased their titles from the king  
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