Absolute Monarchs
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| Miguel de Cervantes |  A writer who wrote Don Quixote, a book about a crazy Spanish knight |
| Elizabeth I | the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, and died childless. |
| James I | Became King of England after Elizabeth I died. |
| Rene Descartes | was a French philosopher, mathematician, physicist, and writer |
| Diego Velazquez | He was a court painter for Philip 4 he painted the pride of Spanish monastery |
| Rembrandt van Rijn | The greatest artist of the Netherlands in 1600's who painted portraits of wealthy middle-class merchants |
| Jean Baptiste Colbert | King Louis XIV's minster of finances who believed in mercantilism |
| Moliere | French playwright and actor, considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. |
| Charles I | Was crowned king after James I and always wanted money from Parliament |
| Jan Vermeer | was a Dutch Baroque painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. |
| Charles V | He was ruler of the Spain from 1519. The holy roman emperor. |
| Ivan the Terrible | His young life was disrupted by struggles for power among Russia's landowning nobles. |
| Michel de Montaigne | A French writer who invented the essay after the death of a friend to a religious war |
| El Greco | Spanish painter, regarded as a precursor of both Expressionism and Cubism |
| Philip II | Inherited Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the American colonies from Charles V |
| Cardinal Richelieu | A minister of King XIII, became the real ruler of France |
| Spanish Armada | the Spanish fleet that sailed against England with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I. They lost. |
| Henry IV | The first king of the Bourbon dynasty in France. |
| Edict of Nantes | A declaration of religious tolerance between the Huguenots and Catholics in France |
| Louis XIII | Reigned as King of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643. |
| 30 Years War | European conflict over religion and territory and for power among ruling families |
| Charles II | He returned as King after Oliver Cromwell |
| Louis XIV | The Sun King. He had the longest documented reign of any European monarch |
| Peace of Westphalia | Peace of negotiations between France and Hapsburg. |
| Oliver Cromwell | The general of the Roundhead army who after victory became a military dictator |
| Restoration | it happened when the monarchy returned to England and Charles II became king. |
| Peter the Great | Russian guy that was HUGE and wanted education, a sea port, and liked to learning new things |
| Glorious Revolution | also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrowing of King James II of England |
| War of Spanish Succession | the French and Spanish fought against England, Austria, the Dutch Republic, Portugal, and many others |
| Maria Theresa | Charles VI's eldest daughter as the heir to all his Hapsburg territories. |
| Frederick II | A king of Prussia who launched the first strike of the War of Austrian Succession |
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