1. Unit 1: Absolutism & Enlightenment
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2. What is Absolutism?
A time period in Europe with incredibly powerful kings and queens who controlled everything.
This control extended to:
Religion
Social life
The economy
Politics

3. Review
Why did these leaders believe they had a right to this much power? Who did they answer to?
Do you think absolute leaders would have a mostly positive or mostly negative impact on countries? Why?

4. Broader causes of Absolutism
1. Decline of feudalism 2. Rise of cities 3. Growth of national kingdoms 4. Growing middle class -They wanted peace that monarchs could provide 5. Church authority broke down because of the Reformation

5. Absolutism
Unrest in Europe because of religious and territorial conflicts
Governments built armies and raised taxes as a result
Monarchs tried to centralize power to keep control

6. So at the time: Most ideas were based on religion
Although some were moving toward science-based ideas
Most countries had monarchies & believed in Divine Right

7. The Enlightenment A European intellectual movement
Ideas about God, reason, nature and man were developed
Led to revolutions around the world and shaped the U.S.

9. During the Enlightenment
Philosophers challenge these ideas
New ideas about government are developed
Scientists come up with a new model of the universe (Scientific Revolution)
As a result, the world changes

10. The Enlightenment
To introduce us to the period of time which we call the Enlightenment ( ), we’ll be using Chapter 17 of our textbook.
Read the sections and:
Write down the definitions of key terms
Answer the questions in complete sentences