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Charles I Ruled England
Alienated parliament in England and taxed the people heavily. He was beheaded in 1649 because the people of Europe did not agree with his absolutist ideas. -
Civil War Starts in England
This was between Charles I's followers and the parliament in England as Charles was becoming too absolute for England -
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Louis XIV Ruled
Lois was a great absolutist in France, he was truly a divine ruler and believed that God was his only superior -
Hobbes publishes The Leviathon
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Oliver Cromwell Ruled
After taking Charles I down, Cromwell became even more of an absolutist -
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Fredrick Ruled
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The Enlightenment
This was a period when Europe saw the common themes of Rationality and Optimism -
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Fredrick William Ruled in Prussia
Continued the consolidation and taxed the middle class -
Voltaire published Philosophic Letters to the English
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Coronation of Louis XVI at Reims
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People storm the Bastille Prison in France
This was a big part of the French Revolution because it gave the people weapons.