1. Louis XIV Timeline 1643 – Comes to Power in 1643 at age 4
1660- France is most powerful country in Europe
1661 – 22 year old Louis takes total control of government
1667- Louis invades the Spanish Netherlands
1672 – Louis invades the Dutch Netherlands
1680- Europe forms an alliance to stop France
1682- Palace at Versailles is built
1685- Cancels the Edict of Nantes (restricts religious freedoms of Hugenots)
War of Spanish Succession
1715- Louis dies in his bed

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3. Louis XIV 1638-1715 (FRANCE) Son of Louis XIII
He was only a four-year-old boy when he began his reign. (1643)
“L’etat c’est moi” (I am the state)

4. Absolutism and Louis XIV
Claim: Although his country became a force to be reckoned with in Europe during his reign in France, absolutism proved to be harmful to France as seen through the staggering national debt and heavy taxes that were placed on the people.
Counter-Claim (The opposite of your answer to the prompt)
Claim (Your answer to the prompt)
Reason #1
Reason #2
“Had God forgotten everything I did for him?”
~Louis XIV

5. Louis XIV
Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, Print.
Schmidt, Louise Boisen. "The King's Bed Chamber." This Is Versailles: Welcome to Versailles! Versailles Company, 01 Jan Web. 01 Dec

6. Works Cited
Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, Print
Schmidt, Louise Boisen. "The King's Bed Chamber." This Is Versailles: Welcome to Versailles! Versailles Company, 01 Jan Web. 01 Dec