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France becomes the Envy of Europe France and Absolutism Henry IV saw to lessen or curtail the power of large regional France parlements or groups of powerful nobles. Henry IV and the Duke of Sully set up royal monopolies on gunpowder, mines, and salt. Henry began a canal system connecting the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. They also introduced the corvee or labor tax to fix the French infrastructure. Henry IV is assassinated in 1610 and his Henry’s son Louis XIII at 9, takes over. Cardinal Richelieu and France The Queen Mother Marie de Medicis governed France during Louis’ regency. She sign