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AND THE PRAGMATIC SANCTION (CHARLES III); WAR OF THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE (1717-
1720); WAR OF THE POLISH SUCCESSION (1733-1738); ; WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION(1740-
1748)
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• INITIAL RECOVERY ; PAPER MONEY SYSTEM FAILED; PRICES AND WAGES ROSE; EXPANSION;
MINES, METALLURGY AND TEXTILES; MERCANTILISTIC, PROTECTIONIST, INTERVENTIONIST; NEW TAX TO
REDUCE ROYAL DEFICIT

• RELIGIOUS: EDICT OF FONTAINBLEU MEANT CATHOLICISM WAS THE ONLY RELIGION ALLOWED

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• MOVEMENT TO CITIES; NO PROTECTION FOR THE POOR; MORE TOLERANT

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