Main Ideas By creating large armies, loyal and efficient bureaucracies, and new revenue streams monarchs in France were able to achieve near absolute control of their nation The court of Louis XIV set the tone in Western culture and politics for a half century The Stuart kings of England were prevented in their attempts at absolutism by a parliament determined to maintain control of the English pocketbook and English Church England was plunged into an Puritan Dictatorship during the Commonwealth (Interregnum) The English developed a constitutional monarchy following the Glorious Revolution and the Dutch created a republic supported by their domination of naval trade Key Terms, People, and Events Absolute Monarchy Mercantilism Long Parliament Constitutionalism Jean-Baptiste Colbert Ship Money Sovereignty Peace of Utrecht Oliver Army Divine Right of Kings Don Quixote New Model Army Leviathan Viceroyalties English Civil War 2nd Treatise on Government Quinto Rump Parliament Henry IV Baroque Protectorate Duke of Sully Peter Paul Rubens Commonwealth Louis XIII French Classicism Navigation Acts Cardinal Richelieu Moliere Restoration Cardinal Mazarin James I Test Act Louis XIV True Law of Free Monarchy Charles II Edict of Nantes Charles I James II Intendants The Petition of Right Glorious Revolution Nobles of the Robe Parliament William & Mary Nobles of the Sword Magna Carta English Bill of Rights Fronde Puritans States General Palace of Versailles William Laud Stadholder
Main Ideas By creating large armies, loyal and efficient bureaucracies, and new revenue streams monarchs in France were able to achieve near absolute control of their nation The court of Louis XIV set the tone in Western culture and politics for a half century The Stuart kings of England were prevented in their attempts at absolutism by a parliament determined to maintain control of the English pocketbook and English Church England was plunged into an Puritan Dictatorship during the Commonwealth (Interregnum) The English developed a constitutional monarchy following the Glorious Revolution and the Dutch created a republic supported by their domination of naval trade Key Terms, People, and Events Absolute Monarchy Constitutionalism Sovereignty Divine Right of Kings Leviathan 2nd Treatise on Government Henry IV Duke of Sully Louis XIII Cardinal Richelieu Cardinal Mazarin Louis XIV Edict of Nantes Intendants Nobles of the Robe Nobles of the Sword Fronde Palace of Versailles Mercantilism Jean-Baptiste Colbert Peace of Utrecht Don Quixote Viceroyalties Quinto Baroque Peter Paul Rubens French Classicism Moliere James I True Law of Free Monarchy Charles I The Petition of Right Parliament Magna Carta Puritans William Laud Long Parliament Ship Money Oliver Army New Model Army English Civil War Rump Parliament Protectorate Commonwealth Navigation Acts Restoration Test Act Charles II James II Glorious Revolution William & Mary English Bill of Rights States General Stadholder
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