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World History Study Guide from 1648 (view source)

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|absolute monarch
 
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|an all-powerful king or queen, such as the French King Louis XIV (in power from 1643-1715), who said, “L’etat c’est moi!” (“I am the state”)
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|an all-powerful king or queen, such as the "Sun King" French King Louis XIV (in power from 1643-1715), who said, “L’etat c’est moi!” (“I am the state”)
 
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|divine right of kings
 
|divine right of kings
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|belief they were given powe by God and responsible to God alone; they enjoyed “sovereign immunity” under the view that “the king can do no wrong,” a legal principle that exists in many areas of American law today
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|belief they were given power by God and responsible to God alone, which lasted until religious conflict in England in the 1600s and the French Revolution in the late 1700s
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|Philip II
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|(reigned 1556-1598) King of Spain who was the great-grandson of Isabella and Ferdinand; he kept Spain Catholic, and viewed Elizabeth I of England as his main rival, but his mighty Spanish Armada was crushed by a quicker English fleet in 1588. 
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|William of Orange
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|(1579) led the Netherlands in a revolt against their Spanish masters; this (along with the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British) weakened Spanish power
 
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|[[Muhammad Ali Pasha]]
 
|[[Muhammad Ali Pasha]]
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