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• English Civil War (1642-1649
• Charles II (1660-1685)
• James II (1685-88)
• Glorious Revolution (1688-1689)
• William and Mary

• Colbert (1665-1683)
• Louis XIV
• Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547)
• Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603)
• James I (1603-1625)
• Charles I (1625-1649)
• Oliver Cromwell

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Absolutism

• A political theory that argues that one person, a
  monarch, should hold all power. Absolutism began
  in Europe around 1660, when the English monarchy
  was restored and Louis XIV of France began his
  rule, and ended with the French Revolution in
  1789.

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State

• A political unit with defined borders, recognized
  by its citizens and outsiders, with a reasonably
  unified legal system.

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Cardinal Mazarin
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Louis XIV
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Location of Versailles
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Henry VIII and his wives
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Elizabeth I
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Oliver Cromwell
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William and Mary