1. THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV
SOCIAL STUDIES

2. TERMS AND NAMES
Edict of Nantes Order - gave Huguenots the right to live in peace in Catholic France
Cardinal Richelieu Chief minister of France - reduced the power of the nobles
skepticism - Belief that nothing could be known for certain
Louis XIV - French king who was an absolute ruler
Intendant - Official of the French government
Jean Baptiste Colbert - Chief Minister of Finance under Louis XIV
War of the Spanish Succession - War fought by other European nations against France

3. RELIGIOUS WARS AND POWER STRUGGLES
1589 HENRY OF NAVARRE BECAME KING HENRY IV OF FRANCE.
HE CHANGED HIS RELIGION FROM PROTESTANT TO CATHOLIC TO PLEASE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE.
EDICT OF NANTES – PROTESTANTS COULD PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION.
CARDINAL RICHELIEU – CHIEF MINISTER LIMITED NOBLES POWER

4. LOUIS XIV COMES TO POWER
TOOK POWER IN FRANCE. STOPPED NOBLES FROM CHALLENGING HIS POWER.
NO NOBLES IN GOVERNMENT – HE USED INTENDANTS WHO ANSWERED ONLY TO HIM.
JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT- BUILT FRENCH ECONOMY “BUY FRENCH GOODS” ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO SETTLE IN CANADA

5. SUN KING – LOUIS XIV SPENT LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY
BUILT VERSAILLES A BEAUTIFUL PALACE FOR HIMSELF
MADE FRANCE THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN EUROPE.
TOOK OVER OTHER COUNTRIES.
FRANCE AND SPAIN TRIED TO SET UP UNITED THRONE.
THIS CAUSED THE WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION

6. SUN KING LOUIS XIV CONTINUED
REST OF EUROPE WHEN TO WAR TO STOP THIS.
FRANCE AND SPAIN ARE BEATEN.
MUST GIVE UP THEIR AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COLONIES TO ENGLAND.
ENGLAND NOW BECOMES NEW POWER.