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Kingdom of France

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1 French revolution - France - In debt - seven years war - american revolution - ? of annual federal budget went to pay for the debt - Rich nation, poor government - Extravagant, many wars - Aristocracy succeed in avoiding most taxation - Parlements - give nobles power - Louis XV (R 1715-1774) - Appoints Rene Maupeou - Chancellor - Destroys the parlements - Louis dies 1774 - Louis XVI (R 1774-1792) (grandson) - Undoes Maupeou?s work - For popularity reasons - institutes parlements - Bad idea - Aristocracy in Parlement use Enlightenment talk to further their ends - I) Finance ministers - 1 - Jacques Necker - 1781 - finances are not that bad - real problem are pensions - Leaves office voluntarily - 2 - Colonne - 1786

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Age of Religious wars (1562 - 1648) - Overview - 1st half of 16th century - catholics vs lutherans - Settled at Augsburg, central Europe - Second half - catholics vs calvinists - France, England, Scotland, Netherlands - Calvinists and Catholics are both dogmatic, aggressive, and irreconcilable - Politiques - rulers who put political unity before religion - tolerant - Elizabeth - anglican and not religious - Most were not - Mary I, Cromwell, Philip II - I) French Wars of Religion (1562 - 1589) - 9 civil wars - Huguenots - French Prot (Calvinists) - Francis I - Kept France Catholic during first half of the century - Henry II (B1519, R1547-1559) - end of Habsburg Valois wars - Killed at accident at wedding
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