The absolutism of Louis xiv of France and Philip 2 were similar in that the rulers had unlimited power and everyone was a subject of the ruler and owed loyalty and obedience to the ruler. Power was centralized in the monarch. The r<span>ulers also dominated cultural life.</span>
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With the Gold Rush came a huge increase in population and a pressing need for civil government. In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850.
