1. Absolute Monarchs & The English civil war & glorious revolution
The Causes of the Enlightenment

2. http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/ki ngsandqueensofengland/thetudors/henryviii.aspx
King of England
Had 6 wives
Got rid of the Catholic church to remove the pope’s power from his country (and so he could divorce his wife and marry a new one)
Henry VIII

3. Louis XIV (The sun King)
King of France
Said “I am the State.”
Fought many expensive wars
Built the Palace of Versailles (has over 3,000 rooms)
Wasted a lot of France’s money
One of the main causes of the French Revolution
Louis XIV (The sun King)

4. http://www.history.co.uk/biographies/ivan- the-terrible
Czar of Russia
Violent ruler (even killed his son)
Had the secret police get rid of the boyars (nobles)
When he died Russia was in a terrible financial and political mess
Ivan the terrible

5. Catherine the great Empress of Russia
Believed in absolute rule but allowed some Enlightenment ideas in
Tried to make Russia more modern like the rest of Europe
Last of the absolute rulers
the-great
Catherine the great

6. Started in 1642 between King Charles I and Parliament
King Charles I loses and is beheaded in 1649
Oliver Cromwell becomes “Lord Protector” of England
King Charles II is restored to the throne in 1660
revolution/overview_civil_war_revolution_01.sh tml
English civil war

7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_ revolution/glorious_revolution_01.shtml
Not many people liked James II
William and Mary were invited to take the throne of England
They took control in 1688
Signed English Bill of Rights in 1689
Glorious revolution

8. Create a timeline for the absolute rulers, English Civil War, and Glorious Revolution. Put all the events (at least 7) on the same timeline.
Write 5-7 sentences describing how the absolute rulers helped lead to Enlightenment thinking.
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