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A. Main Ideas
Fill in the missing elements in the chart below as you read Section 2.

Before Louis XIV After

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1. Religious wars raged between ______________ Louis XIV ran government affairs himself.
________________ from the 1560s to the 1590s.

2. The _______________________ showed a 6. Under Louis XIV, ties between the ___________
complete breakdown of order in France. _________________ were strengthened and the
_______________ became the strongest in Europe.

3. The Edict of Nantes was issued by ___________ 7. Finance minister _________________________

__________; it granted the Huguenots religious followed mercantilist policies to bolster __________
toleration and allowed them to ________________ and promote ___________.
__________________.

4. Under Henry, the government ______________ 8. Louis XIV built an immense and luxurious
_________________________________________ palace at _______________________.
________________, and revived agriculture.

5. __________________________ ran the 9. _________________________________ ruled

government for Louis XIII. He worked to destroy life at Versailles. They helped Louis XIV increase
___________________________ and to extend his own importance and diminish the power of the
__________________. __________________.

10. The age of Louis XIV was the classical age

of French literature, in which the playwrights
_______________ and _____________ achieved
prominence.

11. Louis XIV spent vast resources on __________

to extend French borders. He also revoked the
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B. Reviewing Key Terms
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