1. Pick up a worksheet and a mega GRRR
Happy Wednesday!

2. Mercantilism GRRR Document Examine the cartoon –
According to the carton, what is one characteristic of mercantilism from the perspective of the mother country?

3. Now that these countries have all this money … what do they do with it?

4. Absolute Rulers: Two Case Studies
Louis XIV: France
Peter the Great: Russia

5. Louis XIV
Absolutism in France

6. Louis XIV
Sun King
“I am the state.”

7. Portraits of Louis XIV
What in these portraits tells us Louis is powerful?

8. Louis increases his power
Excludes nobles from his councils
Promotes men from lower-ranking positions who were loyal only to him
Increases the size of the army
Imposes heavy taxes

9. King’s Bed
Queen’s Bed

10. Louis’ Splendor
Royal Carriage

11. 150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden
Versailles
2,000 acres of grounds
12 miles of roads
200,000 trees
700 rooms
67 staircases
6,000 paintings
2,100 sculptures
150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden

18. Peter the Great
Absolutism in Russia

19. Peter the Great Becomes the sole ruler in 1696
What in this picture tells us Peter is royalty?

20. Why had Russia long been isolated from Western Europe?
Feudal Russia
Boyars = landowning nobles
Serfdom lasts until the 1800s
Why had Russia long been isolated from Western Europe?

21. The Grand Embassy
A long visit to learn about European customs and manufacturing techniques
Peter travels to Western Europe
Learns about art, architecture, and technology
Travels as an ordinary man rather than as the czar
What symbols in this painting show Peter’s power?

22. Peter increases his power
Takes control of the Russian Orthodox Church
Promoted men from lower-ranking positions who were loyal only to him
Modernized the army
Imposed heavy taxes

23. Peter makes reforms
Westernization: Uses the West as a model for change to strengthen Russia and compete with Europe
Increases the status of women by allowing them to attend social gatherings
Forces the nobles to dress in Western clothing
Makes all men shave their beards or pay a tax
Changed to the Julian calendar

24. “Window to the West”
Russia fights Sweden to gain access to the Baltic Sea
Provides access to trade and Europe
Peter drains swampy land to build St. Petersburg, his new capital
Many die from disease and bad working conditions
Orders nobles to move to the new city
Peter believed Russia’s future depended on a warm water port so they could compete with Western Europe

25. Winter Palace
What kind of power did Peter have to have to make these reforms? To build this kind of palace?

26. A Counter Case: England

27. The Magna Carta
Guaranteed certain political rights to nobles as protection against the king
Early moves toward democracy
Make a connection to something this reminds you of!

28. Absolutism Examine the document
Based on the characteristics shown in the document, what is the overall goal of an autocrat?

29. Ruthless enforcement
Peter uses the army to harshly put down any rebellion
Has his son murdered for speaking against him
Does being ruthless help/hurt an absolute ruler?