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76% 2:21:45 Exit Louis XIV chose not to have a first minister after Mazarin's death trusted the Parlement for saving him from the Fronde kept powerful nobility as close advisors stayed at peace with other countries throughout his reign 10. Colbert, as Louis XIV's finance minister was seen as an equal to the king promoted wasteful spending, such as Versailles strove to make France self-sufficient with a positive balance of trade approved of Dutch world trade for the time being In the States General of the Dutch Republic was the supreme central authority was a permanent president instead of a king each province had one vote, and a single province could veto decisions was the sole decision making forum D 12. James I of England

Answer 1

9a

Louis X1V was known as the Sun King,was the king who increased the power of the intendants at the expense of nobility.Frances nobles hated Mazarin so intensely because he increased taxes and strengthened the central government .So no one took the position,King Louis himself took absolute control.

10 c

Jean Baptiste Colbert was the minister of finance under Louis X1V whose policies of mercantilism caused Frances economy to grow and prosper.

11a it is the central organ of general Netherlands union.