ABSOLUTISM
CAUSES Religious and territorial conflict created fear and uncertainty
CAUSES Growth of armies to deal with conflicts caused rulers to raise taxes to pay troops
CAUSES Lots of taxes lead to peasant revolts
Rule by a monarch (king or queen) with absolute control Leads to… ABSOLUTISM: Rule by a monarch (king or queen) with absolute control
EFFECTS Rulers regulated religious worship and social gatherings to control the spread of ideas
EFFECTS Created bureaucracies to control their countries economies Bureaucracy = "a body of nonelective government officials"