Western Europe

1. In Western Europe, the 300-mile radius of Paris, ideas of democracy, parliamentary, government, industry-based economy were improved o invented. The French, Dutch, English and Swiss were the major players. Geneva, Amsterdam, London and Paris were to become centers of learning

2. Louis XIV after age of 23 controlled every aspect of life from foreign to internal affairs. In foreign affairs Louis XIV created a favorable personality that everyone from England to Turkey looked up to.

3. Louis XIV, like the Hapsburg before him wanted a universal monarchy. He wanted all of the Spanish land from the Americas, from the Iberians to the Low Countries. Leaders feared the French power as much they feared the Hapsburg that came before.

4. Balance of power is when power is separated evenly between states. If one state has too much power, a coalition is employed to create equilibrium. The other states in his case, the German states, Austria, England and of course Holland created an alliance that creates economic and political separation from France. In history, alliances were made in disregard to religion, or language, but for