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“L’Etat, C’est Moi”

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The State(or France) is me
or
I am the State

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Sun King

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Louis XIV- Everything revolved around Louis XIV

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Cardinal Mazarin

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Louis XIV regent- dies when Louis is still young but he is not replaced making Louis XIV absolute ruler

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The Fronde

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Uprising- Take Louis XIV captive

Makes Louis very distrustful of the High aristocracy

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Palace of Versailles

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Massive palace built outside of Paris

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War for Spanish Succession

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Louis wants to put his grandson on the Spanish Throne to combine Spain and France

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Treaty of Utrecht

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Prevents any combination of Spain and France