Constitutionalismand

Absolutism

Unit Overview – Key Topics• English Civil War and Glorious Revolution

oCivil War Events, Kings of the time, Cromwell, English Bill of Rights

• Continuities and Changes to Economic PracticeoBanking and Venture Capital, Insurance, Commercial and Agricultural revolutions

• Economic Development and MercantilismoTriangular trade, economic policies of various states

• The Dutch Golden AgeoPost independence economic boom, republican government

• Balance of PoweroLouis XIV’s many wars, Nine Years war, War of Spanish Succession

• Absolutist Approaches to PoweroPeter the Great, Louis XIV, others

• Comparing Absolutism and Constitutionalism

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Absolutism and Constitutionalism: A Side by Side Comparison

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