1. Absolutism

3. Absolutism Absolute Monarchs Religious Uncertainty Heavy Taxes
Territorial Conflicts in Europe & New World Peasant Revolts
Absolutism
Controlled religion Continued Spending: $ from AoE
Crushed Revolts Money Spent on unnecessary wars

4. King Louis XIV of France (1643-1715)
Began rule at age 4
Kept Nobles at court to control them
Called himself the Sun King
Said, “Le’etat c’est moi

5. King Louis XIV of France (1643-1715)
Magnificent Palace: Versailles
LUXURY
Taxed people to fight Wars
Kept Nobles near him in Versailles

9. Peter the Great (1682-1725) Ivan the Terrible ruled Russia before
Peter the Great: Great Reformer
Westernized Russia
Executed opponents
Controlled the Church

10. The Glorious Revolution
ID’s: Petition of Rights
Constitutional Monarchy

11. Monarch’s Defy Parliament
The English Monarch’s constantly fought with Parliament
Parliament was supposed to control the nations MONEY

12. Charles I Wanted money for wars
Parliament refused until he signed the Petition of right:
Rights for Citizens and Parliament
Charles agreed but then ignored it but…
SHOWED LAW WAS HIGHER THAN KING

13. The English Civil War
After finding Charles I guilty of treason, Oliver Cromwell sets up military rule which the people disliked

14. Restoration and Revolution
James II inherits the throne but is CATHOLIC and bans Parliament! James’s daughter Mary and her husband William invited to take the throne James runs away = Bloodless overthrow of a King: The Glorious Revolution

15. Limits on Monarch’s Power
At their coronation William and Mary agreed to a Constitutional Monarchy:
Laws limit a Ruler’s power!!
Signed the Bill of Rights

16. Bill of Rights Activity
Based on this lesson and what you know of absolute monarchs, you and your partner will come up with 4 laws that the Monarch MUST obey!
POSSIBLE SENTENCE STARTERS:
We the people of England declare that…
It is the right of _______ to _______
We demand that …

17. That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the executions of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
That it is the right of the subjects to petition the King
That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
That levying money for or to the use of the crown,…without grant of parliament…is illegal.