Absolute Monarch Notes
An absolute monarch rules with _________________________________________.
Absolutism is the rule by _______________________________________________.
Characteristics of Absolutism p.446
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Louis XIV of France
He ruled from ______ to ______ and did not share his power with a ______________.
He was also called the _________________. Why?
Louis became king at the age of _____ but did not assume power until age _______.
During these years, France was effectively ruled by ___________________ and
_________________.
Minister of Finance _____________________ improved France’s economy. He did this
by instituting a new economic policy called ______________________. He gave
___________, or grants of money, and ____________________ to French companies,
developed ______________ and __________________, and encouraged skilled workers
from ___________________________ to settle in France. France started
______________ more than it ___________________, giving France a favourable
__________________________________. Colbert also placed a high _________ or
import tax on goods coming into the country. Colbert used the colonies for a source of
_______________________ and a market for _____________________________. He
improved transport by building ____________ and ____________ and increased the size
of France’s navy.
Louis XIV also showed his absolute power through the Palace of Versailles and his
support of the arts.
Peter the Great of Russia
When Peter I came to power in Russia in _____ most Russians knew little of
_____________________. Three reasons for this were:
Russia under the rule of the Mongols was cut off from Western Europe and did not
experience the ___________________, the Age of _____________ or the ____________
Revolution.
____________________________ kept Russia closed off. There were _______________
differences between the Russian Eastern _______________ and the Western European
_________________ and ____________________.
Peter modernized Russia in five was:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Peter I made himself an absolute monarch by increasing his own power in these ways:
1. He made himself head of the _________________________.
2. He reduced the power of the landowners, the ______________, by giving positions of
authority to embers of lower-ranking families instead of to the boyars.
3. He modernized the Russian ________________.
4. He used the army to crush _____________ revolts.
5. Peter went to war with neighbouring countries to gain a strip of land on the ________
Sea for Russia’s navy.
6. Peter built a new capital called ______________________.