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Ended the French Wars of Religion by signing the Edict of Nantes. Henry IV. A series of rebellions against royal authority intended to limit the monarchy. The Fronde.
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Ended the French Wars of Religion by signing the Edict of Nantes.
A series of rebellions against royal authority intended to limit the monarchy.
Issued by Louis XIV, this revoked the Edict of Nantes and allowed for the destruction of Huguenot churches and the closing of Protestant schools.
Established the intendant system, which replaced nobles with royal officials.
Chief Minister for young Louis XIV, the Fronde occurred during his time in power.
The lower house of Parliament, consisting of the gentry, merchants, and lawyers.
A tax on coastal communities collected to pay for coastal defense annually by Charles I. This policy angered merchants and gentry, who objected to Charles’ lack of Parliamentary consent.
An act passed under William and Mary that granted Puritan Dissenters the right of free public worship.
The term for the period, under the rule of Oliver Cromwell, between the end of the English Civil War in 1649 and the restoration of Charles II in 1660.
Created by Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War and composed of extreme Puritans known as the Independents.
Published Two Treatises of Civil Government in which he argued against Absolutism, stating that humans have natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade in his book Wealth of Nations.
John Locke’s concept that the mind is a blank sheet and knowledge comes from experience and perception
Wrote the Historical and Critical Dictionary. He advocated a separation between faith and reason, as well as toleration of different beliefs.
Strong advocate for the deductive method. In his Discourse on Method, he defines two kinds of matter: thinking substance, and extended substance.
Responsible for spreading the heliocentric theory of the solar system throughout Europe.
Invented and used microscopes to create a basis for modern biological science.
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood in On the Movement of the Heart and Blood.
Brought the ideas of Kepler and Galileo together in his Laws of Motion. He also developed calculus and explained the laws of universal gravitation in Principia.
Developed the inductive method and the scientific method, involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses.