ABSOLUTE MONARCHS &
THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR &
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
The Causes of the Enlightenment
 http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/ki
ngsandqueensofengland/thetudors/henryviii.aspx
 King
of England
 Had
6 wives
 Got
rid of the Catholic church to remove the
pope’s power from his country (and so he could
divorce his wife and marry a new one)
HENRY VIII
 King
of France
 Said “I am the State.”
 Fought many expensive wars
 Built the Palace of Versailles (has over 3,000
rooms)
 Wasted a lot of France’s money
 One of the main causes of the French Revolution
 http://www.history.com/topics/louis-xiv
LOUIS XIV (THE SUN KING)
 http://www.history.co.uk/biographies/ivan-
the-terrible
 Czar
of Russia
 Violent
ruler (even killed his son)
 Had
the secret police get rid of the boyars
(nobles)
 When
he died Russia was in a terrible financial
and political mess
IVAN THE TERRIBLE
 Empress
of Russia
 Believed
in absolute rule but allowed some
Enlightenment ideas in
 Tried
to make Russia more modern like the rest of
Europe
 Last
of the absolute rulers
 http://www.history.co.uk/biographies/catherine-
the-great
CATHERINE THE GREAT
 Started
in 1642 between King Charles I and
Parliament
 King
Charles I loses and is beheaded in 1649
 Oliver
Cromwell becomes “Lord Protector” of
England
 King
Charles II is restored to the throne in 1660
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_
revolution/overview_civil_war_revolution_01.sh
tml
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_
revolution/glorious_revolution_01.shtml
 Not
many people liked James II
 William
and Mary were invited to take the
throne of England
 They
took control in 1688
 Signed
English Bill of Rights in 1689
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
Create
a timeline for the absolute rulers, English
Civil War, and Glorious Revolution. Put all the
events (at least 7) on the same timeline.
Write
5-7 sentences describing how the
absolute rulers helped lead to Enlightenment
thinking.
ASSIGNMENT