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6303157963Thirty Years War(1618-1648) A series of European wars that were partially a Catholic-Protestant religious conflict. It was primarily a battle between Frence and their rivals the Hapsburgs, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire0
6303157964Treaty Of Westphalia1648 ended the Thirty Years war. Granted religious freedom to various German towns throughout the Holy Roman Empire1
6303157965Absolute monarchyA system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power2
6303157966Louis XIV(1638-1715) Known as the Sun King, he was an absolute monarch that completely controlled France. One of his greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at Versailles.3
6303157967Seven Years War(1756-1763 CE) Known also as the French and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English, proved the English to be the more dominant force.4
6303157968ManchusFederation of Northeast Asian (from Manchuria) peoples who founded the Qing Empire.5
6303157969MercantilismAn economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought6
6303157970Qing Dynasty(1644-1911 CE), the last imperial dynasty of China which was overthrown by revolutionaries; was ruled by the Manchu people: began to isolate themselves from Western culture,7
6303157971feudal warlords in japandaiymo8
6303157972tokugawa shogunate(1603-1867) Feudal Warlord rulers of Japan. Responisble for closing Japan off from the rest of the world during the edo period9
6303157973Reunification of Japanmade possible by 3 strong shogunate which est. the tokugawa, japans government10
6303157974Cartographymap making11
6303157975The Scientific RevolutionA new way of thinking about the natural world. It was based on careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs12
6303157976Nikolai Copernicusmade the Heliocentric Theory13
6303157977Heliocentric Theorythe idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun( went against the church )14

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