Absolute Monarchs in Europe
1500-1800
Ms K Boring
After Test Assignments
1. Louis XIV sheet:
*WRITE TERMS FIRST IN
1. Read the passage
CASE YOU DO NOT FINISH*
2. Number the paragraphs
2. DWWI for:
3. Highlight NEW terms
• Absolute monarchs
4. Underline OLD terms (terms
• Divine right
we’ve covered in this class
before)
• War of the Spanish
5. Create 10 questions and provide
Succession
the answer—in detail.
• Thirty Years’ War
6. MAKE SURE the questions are
• Seven Years’ War
different—do not ask to define
everything, but instead ask
• English Civil War
different types of questions:
• William and Mary
“What would happen if…” or
•
Turn in ON EDMODO.
“Why do you think Louis…” or
“If someone else did…”
•
Staple sheet and questions,
turn in to basket
Age of Absolutism Chart and 360
1. Fill in the chart, using your book (online)
2. 360 Classroom:
– Include:
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Name
Dynasty (who they ruled)
The 3 “big” boxes
I. Absolutism in Europe
TERMS TO KNOW:
• Absolute monarch—king/queen who held all of the
power within their states’ boundaries and was NOT
restricted by any form of constitution or law
• Divine right—the idea that God created the
monarchy and that the monarchy acted as God’s
representative on Earth.
– The kings/queens only answered to God, not his/her
subjects
• Bureaucracy—administration in charge of
implementing/enforcing rules of a
government/institution
A. Causes and Effects
Causes of Absolutism
1. Religious and territorial
Absolutism
conflicts
2. The growth of armies
to deal with conflicts
caused rulers to raise
taxes to pay troops
3. Heavy taxes led to
additional unrest and
peasant revolts
* A monarch in
complete control
of ALL aspects of
a kingdom
Effects of Absolutism
1. Rulers regulated
religious worship and
social gatherings to
control the spread of
ideas.
2. Rulers increased the
size of their courts to
appear more powerful
3. Rulers created
bureaucracies to control
their countries’
economies
B. Louis XIV
• “I am the state”
• Strongest king of the time
(absolutism)
• Jean Baptiste Colbert—
theory of mercantilism
Tour Versailles!
• http://en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage
***The Thirty Years’ War
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYddEfXXQ
Vk
• Outcome:
– Germany devastated
– France strengthened
– Spain and Austria weakened
Thirty Years War Link
• http://www.pipeline.com/%7Ecwa/TYWHome
.htm
C. The Seven Years’ War
• Called the French and Indian War in America
• Britain gained land in America
D. Outcomes of the Age of Absolutism
• Habeas corpus: “to have the body”
– Gave prisoners the right to obtain a writ (document)
ordering that they can see a judge to specify the charges
• Constitutional monarchy (IN ENGLAND): laws
limited the ruler’s power—parliament is the partner
in governing
• Cabinet: group of government ministers (work
specifically w/ king or president)
• Bill of Rights: limits royal power, gives citizens rights
and the protections that they have under their
government
Absolute Monarchs on Trial
• Create a chart for each Absolute Monarch– Phillip II,
Louis XIV, Peter the Great and Frederick the Great
– on one side put: “Plaintiff’s complaints” (name who this
is)
• Minimum of 3 complaints
– On the other: “Defendant’s defense”
– Bottom: “Jury’s questions”
• Ask 3 questions from the jury to the defendant AND ANSWER
THEM
– Very bottom-- The verdict: guilty or not guilty?