<span>Let’s
start with the Cardinal first. Richelieu was a talented statesman and
politician, and as Chief Minister of the king (Louis XIII at that time) he
consolidated royal power at the expense of the nobles, and made France a strong
centralized state. The King Louis XIV, basically, followed the Cardinal’s
footsteps and went further by housing most of them in the Versailles Palace. In
addition, the king used entertaining, impressing, and domesticating them with
extravagant luxury to keep a close eye and a heavy heel on the aristocracy.</span>
B. The cultures of the conquered and the Conquering nations blended together.
The fact that Texas is the largest state in the US is the greatest factor that explains why it is isolated both economically and socially, simply because people find it harder to leave the state on a regular basis.
The word you should have received was:
Independence
