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161 Cards in this Set
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SOVEREIGNTY
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CONTROL OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONS--ESP. MILITARY & JUDICIAL--WITHIN ONE'S BORDER
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ABSOLUTISM
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SOVEREIGNTY EMBODIED IN THE PERSON OF THE RULER
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CONSTITUTIONALISM
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SHARED SOVEREIGNTY, USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY RULE OF WRITTEN LAW
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DIVINE RIGHT
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THEORY THAT POWER OF MONARCH COMES FROM GOD
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BUREAUCRACY
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STRUCTURE OF AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENT
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ADMINISTRATIVE BURAUCRACY
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TERM IMPLYING THAT 17TH CENTURY MONARCHY WAS NOT TRULY ABSOLUTE, ONLY THAT ITS POWER WAS CENTRALIZED AND ITS BUREAUCRACY EXPANDED
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STANDING ARMY
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PERMANENT, NATIONAL ARMY
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TOTALITARIANISM
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TOTAL CONTROL OVER MOST ASPECTS OF PEOPLES' LIVES
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JEAN BODIN
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FRENCH POLITIQUE AND THEORIST OF ABSOLUTISM--HE SAID THAT ONLY ABSOLUTISM COULD RESTORE ORDER
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THOMAS HOBBES
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ENGLISH THEORIST OF ABSOLUTISM AND SOCIAL CONTRACT GOVERNMENT
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LEVIATHAN
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HOBBES' WORK ON ABSOLUTISM
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STATE OF NATURE
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THEORETICAL PRE-GOVERNMENT HUMAN LIFE IN ORDER PHILSOPHICALLY TO JUSTIFY CERTAIN FORM OF GOVERNMENT
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BISHOP BOSSUET
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FRENCH DIVINE RIGHT THEORIES AND DEFENDER OF LOUIS XIV
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HENRY IV
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FIRST BOURBON KING, ESTABLISHED FOUNDATIONS OF ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE IN THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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BOURBONS
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FRENCH ROYAL DYNASTY BEGINNING WITH HENRY IV
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FIRST ESTATE
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FRENCH LEGAL/SOCIAL ORDER OF CLERGY
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SECOND ESTATE
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FRENCH LEGAL/SOCIAL ORDER OF NOBILITY
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THIRD ESTATE
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FRENCH LEGAL/SOCIAL ORDER OF COMMONERS
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FORTIFIED TOWNS
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FRENCH HUGUENOT CITIES GIVEN PROTECTION UNDER THE EDICT OF NANTES
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EDICT OF NANTES
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DECREE OF HUGUENOT TOLERATION BY HENRY IV, REVOKED BY LOUIS XIV
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DUKE OF SULLY
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ECONNOMIC MINISTER TO HENRY IV WHO DESIGNED POLICIES WHICH STRENGTHENED FRENCH INDUSTRY
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SUBSIDY
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FINANCIAL GRANT GIVEN BY GOVERNMENT
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LOUIS XIII
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17TH CENTYR BOURBON KING WHO APPOINTED RICHELIEU
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CARDINAL RICHELIEU
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FRENCH ROYAL MINISTER WHO CREATED INTENDANTSM SUBORDINATED NOBLES, AND GENERALLY ESTABLISHED ROYAL ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE
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GENERALITES
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FRENCH DISTRICTS OVERSEEN BY INTENDANTS
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INTENDANTS
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FRENCH ROYAL OFFICIALS WHO DEALT WITH LAW COURTS, TAXES, AND ARMY RECRUITMENT, AND OTHERWISE CENTRALIZED ROYAL AUTHORITY IN FRANCE
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NOBILITY OF THE ROBE
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NEW NOBLES WHO BOUGHT TITLES FROM KING
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NOBILITY OF THE SWORD
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ANCIENT BLOOD- AND MILITARY-BASED NOBILITY
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SIEGE OF LA ROCHELLE
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HUGUENOT FORTIFIED TOWN SUBDUED BY RICHELIEU
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FRENCH ACADEMY
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CULTURAL BUREAUCRACY WHOSE STANDARDIZATION OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
FURTHERED FRENCH ABSOLUTISM AND INTERNATIONAL PRESTIGE |
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CARDINAL MAZARIN
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REGENT TO LOUIS XIV WHO FURTHERED FRENCH ABSOLUTISM AND WHOSE POLICIES PROVOKED THE FRONDE
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THE FRONDE
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ANTI-MONARCHICAL REVOLT OF 1648-53 WHICH CONVINCED THE CHILD LOUIS XIV THAT THE NOBLES WERE VERY BAD PEOPLE
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LOUIS XIV
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FRENCH KING WHO EPITOMIZED FRENCH ABSOLUTISM AND DOMINATED 17TH CENTURY EUROPE
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THE SUN KING
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17TH CENTURY NAME FOR KING LOUIS XIV
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VERSAILLES
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ROYAL PALACE BUILT BY LOUIS XIV
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ESTATES-GENERAL
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TRADITIONAL MEETING OF THE 3 ESTATES OF FRANCE
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TAX FARMERS
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NOBLES WHO COLLECTED TAXES FOR THE KING, FREQUENTLY KEPT MOST OF IT
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COLBERT
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LOUIS XIV'S FINANCE MINISTER AND MAIN ARCHITECT OF FRENCH MERCANTILISM
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FAVORABLE BALANCE OF TRADE
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EXPORTS GREATER THAN IMPORTS
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MERCANTILISM
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STATE-RUN ECONOMY WHOSE MAIN GOAL IS INFLUX OF GOLD INTO NATION
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EDICT OF FOUNTAINBLEU
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EDICT THAT REVOKED THE EDICT OF NANTES
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GALLICAN CHUCH
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FRENCH CATHOLIC CHURCH
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FRENCH CLASSICISM
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CULTURAL STYLE IN THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV, IMITATED STYLE AND CONTENT OF ANCIENT CLASSICS (RESTRAINT, DISCIPLINE, BALANCE)
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POUSSIN
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FRENCH CLASSICIST PAINTER
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LULLY
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FRENCH CLASSICIST AND ORCHESTRAL COMPOSER
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COUPERIN
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FRENCH CLASSICIST & CHORAL COMPOSER
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MOLIERE
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FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT IN THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV WHO SATIRIZED FRENCH SOCIETY
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RACINE
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FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT IN THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV WHO EPITOMIZED THE SIMPLICITY AND RESTRAINT OF FRENCH DRAMATIC CLASSICISM
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LOUVOIS
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MINISTER OF LOUIS XIV WHO MODERNIZED, PROFESSIONALISED THE FRENCH ARMY
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DRAGOONING
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RECRUITMENT POLICY THAT SEIZES POTENTIAL MILITARY RECRUITS OFF THE STREETS
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COMMISSARIAT
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LOUVOIS INNOVATION THAT REPLACED 'LIVING OFF THE LAND' WITH ORGANIZED FEEDING OF TROOPS
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JEAN MARTINET
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FRENCH COMMANDER WHOSE STRICT DISCIPLINE HELPED TURN THE FRENCH ARMY INTO AN EFFICIENT MILITARY MACHINE
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LEAGUE OF AUGSBURG
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ALLIANCE OF HRE, SPAIN, HOLLAND, & SWEDEN TO STOP LOUIS XIV DURING 3RD OF HIS WARS
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WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION
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LAST& MOST IMPORTANT WAR OF LOUIS XIV,OVER WHETHER BOURBONS COULD RULE HABSBURG SPAIN
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GRAND ALLIANCE
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ALLIANCE OF ENGLAND, HRE, DUTCH TO FIGHT LOUIS XIV
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TREATY OF UTRECHT
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ENDED WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION/ WARS OF LOUIS XIV
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WILLIAM OF ORANGE
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DUTCH/ ENGLISH RULER WHO FOUGHT LOUIS XIV
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BATTLE OF BLENHEIM
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1704 BATTLE IN WHICH BRITISH DEFEATED FRENCH
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1648-1653
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DATE OF THE FRONDE
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1648-1715
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DATE OF THE RULE OF LOUIS XIV
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1715
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DATE IF THE PEACE OF UTRECHT
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CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
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CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT A KING
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CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
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CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A MONARCH SHARES RULE
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CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
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CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT INCLUDING RULE BY THE PEOPLE
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TITLED NOBILITY
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ENGLISH NOBILITY WHO HAD FORMAL TITLES AND ESTATES
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GENTRY
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ENGLISH LANDOWNERS
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PRIMOGENITURE
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ENGLISH SOCIAL TRADITION IN WHICH ONLY FIRST-BORN GETS THE NOBLE TITLE AND ESTATE
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HOUSE OF LORDS
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PARLIAMENTARY HOUSE THAT INCLUDES THE TITLED NOBILITY
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HOUSE OF COMMONS
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PARLIAMENTARY HOUSE THAT INCLUDES MERCHANTS AND GENTRY
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BI-CAMERAL
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TWO LEGISLATIVE HOUSES
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POWER OF THE PURSE
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TRADITIONAL PARLIAMENTARY POWER TO CONTROL TAXATION
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PRESBYTERIANS
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ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PROTESTANTS WHO FAVORED DECENTRALIZED CHURCH RULE
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ELIZABETH I
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TUDOR MONARCH WHOSE 1603DEATH ENDED THE TUDOR LINE
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TUDOR
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DYNASTY OF ENGLISH KINGS FROM HENRY VII TO ELIZABETH (1485-1603)
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JAMES I
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FIRST STUART KING OF ENGLAND
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TREW LAW OF FREE MONARCHY
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JAMES I'S DEFENSE OF DIVINE RIGHT ABSOLUTISM
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CHARLES I
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STUART KING WHO LOST POWER & HEAD IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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PETITION OF RIGHT
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1628 DOCUMENT THAT SAID KING MUST ADHERE TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND
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FORCED LOAN
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MONARCHICAL PRACTICE OF DEMANDING THAT SUBJECTS PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE CROWN
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MARTIAL LAW
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MILITARY LAW CHARACTERIZED BY SOLDIERS IN STREETS, CURFEWS, ETC
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PURITANS
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ENGLISH PROTESTANTS WHO OPPOSED ANGLICANS AND KINGS IN MID-17TH CENTURY ENGLAND
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WILLIAM LAUD
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ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP WHO PERSECUTED PROTESTANTS FOR CHARLES I
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SHIP MONEY
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UNLAWFUL TAX THAT MADE INLAND TOWNS PAY TO MAINTAIN THE NAVY, USED BY CHARLES I TO RULE WITHOUT PARLIAMENT
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LONG PARLIAMENT
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1640-1660 PARLIAMENT THAT OPPOSED STUART KINGS AND CROMWELL
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TRIENNIAL ACT
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1640 LONG PARLIAMENT ACT THAT FORCED KING TO SUMMON PARLIAMENT AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS
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ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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KING V. PARLIAMENT WAR 1642-8
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ROUNDHEADS
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SUPPORTERS OF PARLIAMENT DURING ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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CAVALIERS
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SUPPORTERS OF KING DURING ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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NEW MODEL ARMY
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CROMWELL'S PURITAN ARMY IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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OLIVER CROMWELL
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PURITAN LEADER DURING ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, RULER OF ENGLAND DURING INTERREGNUM
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BATTLE OF NASEBY
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PURITAN NEW MODEL ARMY VICTORY IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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INTERREGNUM
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RULE OF CROMWELL BETWEEN MONARCHIES OF CHARLES I AND II
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PRIDE'S PURGE
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CROMWELL'S 1648 PURGE OF OPPONENTS IN PARLIAMENT
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RUMP PARLIAMENT
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PARLIAMENT OF CROMWELL SUPPORTERS AFTER PRIDE'S PURGE
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REGICIDE
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KILLING OF KING/ EXECUTION OF CHARLES I 1649
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PROTECTORATE
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WHAT CROMWELL CALLED HIS GOVERNMENT
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COMMONWEALTH
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REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
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RESTORATION
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1660 RESUMPTION OF STUART, ANGLICAN, AND PARLIAMENTARY RULE IN ENGLAND
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CHARLES II
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3RD STUART KING OF ENGLAND WHOSE RULE BEGAN WITH THE RESTORATION
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CAVALIER PARLIAMENT
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ANGLICAN PARLIAMENT OF THE RESTORATION THAT EXCLUDED PURITANS AND CATHOLICS FROM PUBLIC LIFE
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CLARENDON CODE
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LEGISLATION BY CAVALIER PARLIAMENT THAT BARRED PURITANS FROM PARLIAMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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TEST ACT
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LEGISLATION OF CAVALIER PARLIAMENT THAT BARRED CATHOLICS FROM VOTING OR HOLIDNG OFFICE IN ENGLAND
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TREATY OF DOVER
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SECRET 1670 TREATY BETWEEN CHARLES II AND LOUIS XIV; CHARLES PROMISED CATHOLICISM IN RETURN FOR AID
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WHIGS
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ANTI-MONARCHICAL PARLIAMENTARY FACTION THAT SUPPORTED THE EXCLUSION OF THE CATHOLIC JAMES II
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TORIES
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PRO-MONARCHICAL PARLIAMENTARY FACTION THAT OPPOSED THE EXCLUSION OF THE CATHOLIC JAMES FROM THE THRONE
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JAMES II
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CATHOLIC STUART KING DEFEATED IN GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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1688 OVERTHROW OF KING JAMES II BY PARLIAMENT
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WILLIAM AND MARY
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SON-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER OF JAMES II WHO RULED ENGLAND AFTER GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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BILL OF RIGHTS
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1689 DOCUMENT SIGNED BY WILLIAM AND MARY IN EXCHANGE FOR THRONE, ESTABLISHED ENGLISH CONSTITUTIONALISM
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JOHN LOCKE
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POLITICAL THEORIST DURING GLORIOUS REVOLUTION WHO SUGGESTED THAT GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO PROTECT THE NATURAL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE
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SECOND TREATISE OF GOVERNMENT
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LOCKE WORK ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT, NATURAL RIGHTS, AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
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CABINET SYSTEM
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ENGLISH SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS ADVISE AND RULE WITH MONARCH
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PRIME MINISTER
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PARLIAMENTARY LEADER OF MAJORITY POWER WHO INCREASINGLY LED ENGLISH GOVERNMENTS AFTER THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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ROBERT WALPOLE
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FIRST ENGLISH LEADER WHO ACTEWD AS PRIME MINISTER
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ACT OF UNION
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1717 LEGISLATION THAT UNITED ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND INTO GREAT BRITAIN
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1603-1649
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DATE OF REIGN OF FIRST STUARTS
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1628
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DATE OF PETITION OF RIGHT
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1640-1660
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DATE OF LONG PARLIAMENT
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1642-8
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DATE OF ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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1649
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DATE OF EXECUTION OF CHARLES I
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1648-1660
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DATE OF INTERREGNUM / PROTECTORATE/ COMMONWEALTH
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1660
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DATE OF RESTORATION
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1688
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DATE OF GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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1689
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DATE OF ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
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HEREDITARY SUBJUGATION
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SERFDOM
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ROBOT
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FORCED PEASANT LABOR IN EASTERN EUROPE
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CZECHS
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NATIONALITY OF BOHEMIA
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FERDINAND II
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CATHOLIC KING OF BOHEMIA
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SIEGE OF VIENNA
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1683 DEFEAT OF OTTOMAN TURKS BY AUSTRIAN HABSBURGS
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PRAGMATIC SANCTION
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1713 AGREEMENT THAT HABSBURG LANDS MUST BE INHERITED BY A SINGLE HEIR
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HOHENZOLLERNS
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DYNASTY OF PRUSSIAN RULERS WHO TURNED BRANDENBERG-PRUSSIA INTO A GREAT POWER
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PRUSSIA
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SEAT OF HOHENZOLLERN POWER
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PROVINCIAL ESTATES
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TRADITIONAL LOCAL SEAT OF NOBLE RULE IN PRUSSIA
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ALTERNATE NAME FOR THE GREAT ELECTOR
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ALTERNATE NAME FOR FREDERICK WILLIAM
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THE GREAT ELECTOR
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HOHENZOLLERN WHO FIRST ESTABLISHED BRANDENBERG-PRUSSIA AS A GREAT POWER BY DEFEATING THE PROVINCIAL ESTATES
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JUNKERS
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MILITARY NOBILITY OF PRUSSIA
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FREDERICK WILLIAM I
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HOHENZOLLERN RULER WHO MILITARIZED PRUSSIA AND TURNED IT INTO A GREAT POWER
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EASTERN ORTHODOXY
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EASTERN CHRISTIANITY THAT REJECTS AUTHORITY OF POPE, CENTERED IN RUSSIA AFTER FALL OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE
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EASTERN SLAVS
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ETHNIC NATIONALITY OF RUSSIA
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MONGOLS
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NOMADIC TRIBES FROM MONGOLIA THAT INVADED EASTRERN SLAVES (RUSSIA) IN 13TH CENTURY
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GOLDEN HORDE
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MONGOL ARMY THAT DEFEATED EASTERN SLAVS (RUSSIA)
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MONGOL CONQUEST
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RULE OF EASTERN SLAVS IN 13TH-15TH CENTURIES
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MONGOL YOKE
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TWO CENTURY RULE OF EASTERN SLAVS BY MONGOLS
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MUSCOVITE PRINCES
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NOBLES OF MOSCOW WHO EMERGED TO POWER DURING MONGOL YOKE
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TSAR
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TITLE TAKEN BY MUSCOVITE PRINCES(RUSSIAN FOR 'CAESAR') TO DENOTE THEIR ABSOLUTE POWER
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AUTOCRACY
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ABSOLUTE POWER
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BOYAR NOBILITY
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TRAIDITONAL RUSSIAN NOBILITY
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SERVICE NOBILITY
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NEWER RUSSIAN NOBILITY WHOSE NOBILITY DEPENDED ON MILITARY SERVICE TO TSAR
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE
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EASTERN ROMAN/ EASTERN ORTHODOX EMPIRE DEFEATED BY OTTOMAN TURKS IN 1453
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IVAN THE GREAT
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FIRST MUSCOVITE PRINCE/ POST-MONGOL TSAR WHO ENDED MONGOL RULE IN MOSCOW & ESTABLISHED ABSOLUTE RULE
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IVAN THE TERRIBLE
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FIRST TO TAKE TITLE OF TSAR, ESTABLISHED ABSOLUTISM BY SUBDUING BOYARS, PEASANTS, TOWNS
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ROMANOVS
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DYNASTY OF RUSSIAN TSARS BEGINNING IN 17TH CENTURY
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COSSACKS
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FREE OUTLAW GROUPS OF PEASANTS FORMED TO RESIST NOBLE & TSAR TYRANNIES
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TIME OF TROUBLES
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POWER STRUGGLES AND REVOLTS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE
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MICHAEL ROMANOV
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1ST TSAR OF THE ROMANOVE DYNASTY
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PETER THE GREAT
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TSAR WHO MODERNIZED AND WESTERNIZED RUSSIA IN THE 17TH-18TH CENTURIES
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1683
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DATE OF SIEGE OF VIENNA
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13TH-15TH CENTURIES
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DATE OF MONGOL RULE
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LATE 16TH CENTURY
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RULE OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE
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1698-1613
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DATE OF TIME OF TROUBLES
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1682-1725
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DATE OF REIGN OF PETER THE GREAT
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