Quaestio: What positive and negative effects did absolute rule have in Europe and around the world? Nunc Agenda: What does it mean to be an absolute ruler? Were Ottoman Sultans absolute rulers?
Absolute Rulers Working together in your groups, create a skit portraying the way in which your assigned ruler demonstrated absolutist qualities. Make sure that the content of your skit covers ALL of the homework questions and answers. Skit must be no longer than five minutes. While watching the skit, other groups will attempt to answer the questions of the performing group, and will have a chance to ask for clarification at the end.
Louis XIV
Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
Huguenots
Edict of Nantes REVOKED
He almost united the Kingdoms of France and Spain.
Peter the Great
Boyars = Russian Nobles
Stuart Kings James I & Charles I
English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell and the Republican Commonwealth
Restoration of the Stuart Monarchy and the Anglican Church
New Monarchs: William and Mary Glorious Revolution New Monarchs: William and Mary
English Bill of Rights “That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without the consent of parliament, is illegal... That the election of members of parliament ought to be free... That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.” —English Bill of Rights, passed by Parliament, 1689