Louis XIV was able to centralize France as the strongest, most respected country in Europe. For a time it seemed that all of Europe had become French. He inherited the great achievements of Richelieu (see pg. 139-140). Using French money, by bribes or other inducements, he built up a pro-French interest in virtually every country from England to Turkey. His policies and ods of government and administration, war and diplomacy, was what rulers of other countries copied. During this time the French language, French thought and literature, French architecture and landscape gardens, French styles in clothes, cooking, and etiquette became the accepted standard for Europe. France became the centralized “Land of Light” of Europe.

2. Several factors led to the Puritan Revolution. The Puritan Revolution was a fight for freedom of religion. It led to a more representative form of government, decreased the power of monarchy, and caused immigration to America.

Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I all believed in absolute monar

The Dutch learned to tolerate other religions views, thus getting rid of tension or other problems that might have resulted.

The last of Louis XIV's wars (or the last one the book mentions) is the War of the Spanish Succession. Charles II, a senile man as the result of inbreeding of the Hapsburg family, was expected to die shortly. The Holy Roman Emperor and Louis had each married one of his sisters, in hopes for the throne since he had no heirs. It was expected that Spain would be divided between the two of them upon his . But in Charles II's will upon his it was revealed he wished Spain to remain both intact and to go to Louis XIV's grandson (who was Philip V). The prospect of this made William of Orange act at once, as he assembled more countries into the Grand Alliance of 1701 which was later headed by John Churchhill. Although William died before war began it eventually did France in and culminated in the The Peace of Urecht in 1673-1674.

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