Loyola, Ignatius
(1491-1556) Founded the Society of Jesus, the Order of the Jesuits. He worked to combat the Protestant Reformation by providing strong Catholic leadership to monarchs across Europe.
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L'Ouverture, Toussaint
(1743?-1803) Revolutionary leader who is responsible for ousting France from Haiti during the Latin American Revolutions in the early 19th century.
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Louis XVI
(1754-1793) King of France between 1774 and 1792. He was overthrown during the French Revolution and later beheaded.
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Louis 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.
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longitude
The curving distance east or west of the prime meridian that stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole.
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Long Parliament
(1640 ﾖ 1660) English Parliament which met off and on for twenty years due to religious and civil problems. Occurs during the English Civil War.
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Long March
March the Mao Zedong and his Communist Party underwent to avoid being captured and killed by Chinaﾒs Nationalist Party.
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Locke, John
(1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. He wrote Two Treaties on Government which explained that all men have Natural Rights, which are Life, Liberty, and Property, and that the purpose of government was to protect these rights.
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Lloyd George, David
(1863-1945) British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, he led Great Britain through World War I. He was one of the formulators of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Little Red Book
A book circulated throughout China during the reign of Mao Zedong, which contained his political philosophy for China. It was required reading in all schools.
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