Do Now – Part I Thinking outside the box. With only using four lines and not picking up your pen or pencil. Connect all the dots below: ****** ****** ******

Answer Thinking outside the box. With only using four lines and not picking up your pen or pencil. Connect all the dots below: ****** ****** ******

Do Now – Part II On the paper provided, please write down five facts about your ruler. Just simply list them. You have 5 minutes Now, what is one thing that you found interesting about your monarch? Write it down and explain it. You now have 4 minutes.

Research next step Monarch research: Kaiser William II (Germany) - Kyle Czar Nicholas II (Russia) - Alex George V (England) - Jerry Louis XVI (France) - Steve Victor Emmanuel III (Italy) - Clement Puyi, of the Manchu Aisin Gyro clan (China) - Toby Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of France) – Edison Summarize the key points about your ruler in a 600 word document. This is due Saturday morning in A Period!

Homework – Due Tuesday was Finish those article summaries for next class and bring to class on Tuesday Now read the articles and do the 10% Summaries. Re read (if necessary) Chapter 21 Absolute Monarchs, pages starting at The Independent Dutch Prosper to the end of the section. Define the following terms: Dutch Art Dutch East India Trading Company Absolute Monarchs Divine Right

New home due today Read pages Define the following Terms: Edict of Nantes Skepticism Descartes Louis XIV Intendants Jean Baptiste Colbert Versailles War of Spanish Succession

New material Dutch artists – Rembrandt was the most famous of their artists. He did works such as “Night Watch” (bottom of page 593). The stability of Dutch government allowed the merchants to increase profits. They bought surplus (extra grains) and when their was a shortage in Europe, the Dutch Merchants sold their excess when the prices were at their highest (making the largest profits possible). The merchants actually had the largest amount of ships, known as the Dutch East India Company which controlled trade with Asia.

New material Philip II, wanted to rule without any sort of limits. The term is Absolute Monarch(y). They believed that their rule came from God and thus their family was destined to rule. Known as Devine Rule. Monarchs gained more power demanding that they have access to more of the country especially money even if not their own. This greater power did well for a while, but as time went on and the lower classes had to pay more taxes, the people revolted.

New material – Louis XIV With monarchies, it is always the next in line to rule. In France, when the French King Henry II died. He had four sons, but all were very young and ruling proved to be a disaster. Their mother was really in- charge (Catherine de Médicis). In France, the protestants known as Huguenots fought the Catholics for control between 1562 – This divided the country and weakened the government. In 1572, the St. Batholomew’s Day Massacre occurred in Paris. This caused 6 weeks of killing of Huguenots. It occurred when many Huguenot nobles were in Paris for a wedding. Catherine de Médicis’s daughter was marrying a Huguenot prince. The prince survived.

New material Many nobles died during the outburst. The Prince was Henry Navarre. Although not a direct descendant, Henry took over the throne and was known as Henry IV. He was a military leader as well as skilled politician. Many Catholics opposed his rule until Henry converted to become a Catholic. Edict of Nantes – Henry issued this to protect the protestants. It stated they would be protected and their right to worship protected. Henry focused on rebuilding the country as well as uniting the people, but religious tensions existed. One fanatic stabbed Henry for his religious tolerance.

New material Henry’s son (Louis XIII) acquired the throne following his death. He was not like his father, he was a weak ruler, but wisely selected a strong minister to make the decisions that Louis could not make. This minister, Cardinal Richelieu in effect he was the ruler of France. Decisions had to go through the King but almost all decisions were agreed to by Louis. Richelieu was more outspoken of the Protestants.