1. Use your own knowledge and BYOT to identify the following:
Revolution is…
Reform is…

2. European Absolutism

3. What characteristics do you associate with an absolute ruler?

4. Read the provided document
Read the provided document. What characteristics does the author associate with an absolute ruler?

5. What are the benefits and drawbacks of having an absolute ruler?
What might people gain from having a ruler whose power is total, or absolute?

6. What rulers from history would fit these characteristics?

7. Definitions 1. Absolutism:
Belief that 1 ruler should hold power within a country
2. Divine Right:
The idea that God created the monarchy and monarchs act as representatives on Earth.

8. Characteristics 4 Major Features: 1. Centralized political power
2. Pacified nobility
3. Increased revenue
4. New army

9. Causes of Absolutism Decline of Feudalism Growth of cities
Breakdown of Church authority
People wanted strong leadership

10. Causes and Effects of Absolutism
Read Analyzing Key Concepts on Page 594. Answer Skillbuilder: Interpreting Charts questions 1 and 2 in your notes.

11. Absolute Monarchies in Europe 1550-1800
Spain
France
England
Austria
Prussia
Russia

12. Absolute Monarchies in Europe 1550-1800
From World History: Connections to Today Prentice Hall, 2003

13. The Philosopher Behind the Age
Thomas Hobbes
1660 – Wrote the Leviathan (Giant)
Discussed the perfect government
People first lived in anarchy
Needed a “social contract”
Required an absolute monarch to maintain order
People retained the right only to maintain their lives.

14. What factors might weaken the power of an absolute monarch?

15. Constitutionalism Characteristics: Examples: England, Netherlands
A written constitutional may or may not be present.
Laws limit a ruler or government’s power.
A Social Contract is the foundation for society
The State creates a set of Laws that all must follow and the penalties are set by the state as well
Examples: England, Netherlands

17. Louis XIV ( )

18. The Sun King Louis XIV becomes king in 1643
Cardinal Mazarin in charge during his minority
Mazarin continues policy of Richelieu
Ends the Thirty Years’ War
The Fronde ( ) Civil War in France
Louis XIV takes over after Mazarin’s death in 1661
 vows to become so strong, nobles will never threaten him
 “L’etat,c’est moi,” meaning “I am the state”

19. The Sun King Louis XIV weakens the power of the nobility
Increases the power of govt. agents called intendants
His goal was to attain economic, political, and culture balance
Jean Baptiste Colbert: Minister of Finance
 follows policy of mercantilism
 placed high tariffs on goods coming in
 encouraged migration to Canada
Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes in 1685
 loses many skilled workers

20. Jean-Baptiste Colbert

21. Versailles
Expanded from a hunting lodge in 1669
Became a symbol of wealth and power of France under Louis XIV
Seat of French government for nearly 100 years
Consumed as much as 25% of the income of France

22. Louis XIV’s Grand Style

23. Louis XIV’s Grand Style

24. Louis XIV’s Grand Style

25. Louis XIV’s Grand Style

26. Louis XIV’s Grand Style

27. Louis XIV’s Grand Style
The King’s Bed
The Queen’s Bed

28. Louis Fights Disastrous Wars
Louis XIV brings France into wars to advance its position in Europe
Wars of the Devolution ( )
France vs. Holland, England, and Sweden
Invasion of the Netherlands
War of the League of Augsburg ( )
France vs. League of Augsburg (England, Spain, Sweden, Holland, German states)

29. Louis Fights Disastrous Wars
The War of the Spanish Succession
The King of Spain dies in 1700
Louis XIV’s grandson to inherit Spain and its colonies
England, Holland, and the Holy Roman Empire form Grand Alliance against Louis XIV
War ends in stalemate in 1713
 Treaty of Utrecht
 Louis’ grandson remained King of Spain, was not allowed to unite Spain & France
Louis XIV dies in 1715, his great-grandson, Louis XV succeeds