Louis 5 Rules of Absolutism & Englands 5 Problems of Absolutism Slide Lecture Guided Note Taking Activity

#1: The King Must Be Godlike

#2: The King Must Be In Control

#3: The King Must Be Wealthy

The King Must Impose Religious Conformity

The King Must Have An Army

#1: The Problem of Royal Personality

#2: The Problem of Royal Control

#3: Problem of Royal Finance #4: Problem of Religiose Conflict #5: The Problem of No Army

5 Rules of Absolutism 1.The Fronde, 30 Years War, & Louis Absolutist Project 2.The King must be Godlike 1.Devine right unabashedly wielded 2.A Nationwide program of magnificence 3.Royal academies of art, music, literature, science with strict sensorship 4.Declared the style was to be classical & portrayed himself as the Apallo or the sun itself – Copernican 5.Versailles, 50, 20, 20 3.King Must be in Control 1.Louis worked tirelessly personally supervising the beurocracy 2.Assembled a corps of professional secretaries and administrators drawn not from the nobility but from the ranks of professional men 3.Used intendants 4.Never, never called an Estates General 4.King must be wealthy 1.Jean-Baptiste Colbett continued centralizing the economy and pursuing a policy of merchantilism, tax reform [25-80% take], internal improvements, promotion of manufacture 5.King must impose Religious conformity 1.Revolkes the Edict of Nantes in Expels Hugonots, harming the economy in the long run 6.King must have an Army 1.Reform of the Army made the French Army the most professional fighting force in Europe 2.Louis used it to try and get the Spanish Throne seen as ripe during the reing of Carlose II (El Hechizado) 3.Opposed by the Dutch (William of Orange) with whom he fought a series of wars on the border 4.9 Years War & War of Spanish Succession brought Louis into it with England …

5 Problems of English Monarchs 1.Problem of Personality 1.Fine if your Henry, even Elizabeth, Stuarts, not so much 2.Scotish, and strict high Anglicans 2.The Problem of Control & Sovereignty 1.Henry had to rely on Parliamentary legislation to throw the Pope out 2.Each successor did the same in their religious settlements 3.James did not get along with Parliament so couldn’t afford a beurocracy 3.Problem of Finance 1.Parliament had sole tax authority 2.Henry VIII should have had a jump on aristocrats with Church but he squandered it, ultimately enriching the nobility! 3.James never called Parliament was a Party Animal, tripled royal debt from 300k to 1 million pounds 4.James dissolved Parliament in 1629, relied on dubiouse Danegeld taxes that provoked a tax strike in Bishops War 1637, led to calling Parliament 4.Problem of Religion 1.James and Charles strict high Anglicans 2.Maried a Chatholic French Princess 3.Persecuted Puritans for not conforming to Anglican rituals 4.Bishops War began when Charles imposed the Anglican Prayer book on Presbyterian Scottland 5.The Problem of Affording an Army 1.James had been Rex Pacificus infuriating most 2.Charles had to rely on Cavaliers during the Civil War and he lost

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SymbolRuleExplanation The King Must Be Godlike The monarch becomes the personification of the entire state and then creates a program to celebrate his awesomeness and hence the nations greatness The King Must Be In Control The Monarch must be in control: the monarch rules directly through a professional bureaucracy directly answerable to him. The King does not share power with nobles or parliaments The King Must Be Wealthy Absolutists are attracted to mercantilism and centralizing control of the economy to increase tax revenue. Tax authority is absolute and used to pay for rules 1,2,&5! The King Must Impose Religious Conformi ty How can subjects accept the King as God’s representative on earth, how could they even be loyal if they worship differently? The King Must Have An Army Professional Army with trained conscripts and military reforms create the expensive means to enforce #1-4. Societies are inclined to accept costs and sacrifices after the Thirty Years War SymbolProblemExplanation The Problem of Royal Personality Monarch’s lack physical, intellectual, psychological characteristics that allow them to pass for God on Earth The Problem of Sovereignty / Control Having to go through Parliaments to govern brings into question who is really sovergn The Problem of Royal Finance Parliament has the right to approve or disapprove taxes. Monarch’s desire for programs of magnificence are not going to appeal to Parliaments The Problem of Religion Religious toleration and diversity leaves extremests of various parties scheming to force the country to their views The Problem of foreign policy Monarchs who are poor and religiously divided are incapable of advancing personal foreign policy agendas Louis 5 Rules of AbsolutismBritish Monarch’s 5 Problems Preventing Absolutism

Enlightened Absolutism SymbolDefinitionExamples Domain of Knowledge: Henry XVIII(all Tudor monarch’s really) Elizabeth I Stuart Monarchs (all 4!) Declaration of Right Oliver Cromwell Hobbes & Locke English Bill of Rights Louis XIV Versailles Intendants Jean Baptiste Colbert Fredrick William Junkers & Serfs Frederick William 1 st Frederick the Great Peter the Great Catherine the Great Maria Theresa Joseph II Glorious Revolution War of the League of Augsburg War of Spanish Succession Treaty of Utrecht Seven Years’ War American Revolution

Age of Absolutism Flippy Note General Requirements 1.Flippy note assignment ties together the political and diplomatic history of the Early Modern Era, ca (why those dates?) 2.Flippy notes display “Louis 5 Rules of Absolutism” and “Britain's 5 Problems Preventing Absolutism” and an explanation of “Enlightened Monarchy” with your flippy notes 3.Have a map that puts politics and war into geographic context 4.Have a timeline that put politics and war into temporal context 5.Have Hobbes and Locke hovering above the whole project commenting from their seminal texts. 6.Includes rich detail that allows you to master testes and essays on these subjects.

Age of Absolutism Flippy Requirements: Politics Make a Flippy note that explores how each of the nations below developed a centrally administered monarchal state in the Early Modern Era. Include the indicated features. 1.Flippy for:France, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Russia, England, Dutch Republic 2.Each Nations Flippy has the nations name and the symbols of the “5 Rules/5 Problems” that attain on the outside 3.Inside each Flippy explains the “5 Rules” and/or “5 Problems” each nation employed in the creation of their state. 4.Inside the flippy you note the important monarchs and the times of their riegn for each nation 5.Give each nation a Grade: A-F for achieving absolute political power without partners. Assume that it is Louis the XIV himself giving the grade. Explain your grade and the basis for giving it. 6.Consider putting the Grade boldly on the cover in addition to the symbols 7.Label nations on your map

Age of Absolutism Flippy Note Requirements: War and Diplomacy Make a Flippy Note for the wars of the early Modern Era 1.Make a flippy for each of the following wars: English Civil War, Glorious Revolution, War of the League of Augsburg, War of the Spanish Succession, Seven Years’ War, American Revolution 2.Have a bold label for each war’s flippy on exterior 3.Inside explain the causes, the course, and the effects of each war. 4.Make sure that you include discussion of dynastic ambitions, mercantilist policies, and balance of power considerations with respect to each war. 5.Put each war on your timeline using color and key appropriately