Absolute Monarchs in Europe

1500-1800

Ms K Boring

After Test Assignments

*WRITE TERMS FIRST INCASE YOU DO NOT FINISH*

2. DWWI for:• Absolute monarchs• Divine right• War of the Spanish

Succession• Thirty Years’ War• Seven Years’ War• English Civil War• William and Mary

• Turn in ON EDMODO.

1. Louis XIV sheet:1. Read the passage2. Number the paragraphs3. Highlight NEW terms4. Underline OLD terms (terms

we’ve covered in this class before)5. Create 10 questions and provide

the answer—in detail.6. MAKE SURE the questions are

different—do not ask to define everything, but instead ask different types of questions: “What would happen if…” or “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:• Name• Dynasty (who they ruled)• The 3 “big” boxes

I. Absolutism in EuropeTERMS 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 conflicts2. The growth of armies to deal with conflicts caused rulers to raise taxes to pay troops3. Heavy taxes led to additional unrest and peasant revolts

Absolutism

* 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 powerful3. 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=lYddEfXXQVk

• 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?