1. Age of Absolutism Flippy Notes Hobbsian Early Modern Absolute Monarchies Lockean Constitutional Alternatives 17 th & 18 th Century Wars

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3. SymbolRuleExplanation The King Must Be Godlike The monarch becomes the personification of the entire state and then creates a program to celebrate his awesomeness and hence the nations greatness The King Must Be In Control The Monarch must be in control: the monarch rules directly through a professional bureaucracy directly answerable to him. The King does not share power with nobles or parliaments The King Must Be Wealthy Absolutists are attracted to mercantilism and centralizing control of the economy to increase tax revenue. Tax authority is absolute and used to pay for rules 1,2,&5! The King Must Impose Religious Conformi ty How can subjects accept the King as God’s representative on earth, how could they even be loyal if they worship differently? The King Must Have An Army Professional Army with trained conscripts and military reforms create the expensive means to enforce #1-4. Societies are inclined to accept costs and sacrifices after the Thirty Years War SymbolProblemExplanation The Problem of Royal Personality Monarch’s lack physical, intellectual, psychological characteristics that allow them to pass for God on Earth The Problem of Sovereignty / Control Having to go through Parliaments to govern brings into question who is really sovergn The Problem of Royal Finance Parliament has the right to approve or disapprove taxes. Monarch’s desire for programs of magnificence are not going to appeal to Parliaments The Problem of Religion Religious toleration and diversity leaves extremests of various parties scheming to force the country to their views The Problem of foreign policy Monarchs who are poor and religiously divided are incapable of advancing personal foreign policy agendas Louis 5 Rules of AbsolutismBritish Monarch’s 5 Problems Preventing Absolutism

4. Enlightened Absolutism SymbolDefinitionExamples Domain of Knowledge: Henry XVIII(all Tudor monarch’s really) Elizabeth I Stuart Monarchs (all 4!) Declaration of Right Oliver Cromwell Hobbes & Locke English Bill of Rights Louis XIV Versailles Intendants Jean Baptiste Colbert Fredrick William Junkers & Serfs Frederick William 1 st Frederick the Great Peter the Great Catherine the Great Maria Theresa Joseph II Glorious Revolution War of the League of Augsburg War of Spanish Succession Treaty of Utrecht Seven Years’ War American Revolution

5. Age of Absolutism Flippy Note General Requirements 1.Flippy note assignment ties together the political and diplomatic history of the Early Modern Era, ca. 1648-1783 (why those dates?) 2.Flippy notes display “Louis 5 Rules of Absolutism” and “Britain's 5 Problems Preventing Absolutism” and an explanation of “Enlightened Monarchy” with your flippy notes 3.Have a map that puts politics and war into geographic context 4.Have a timeline that put politics and war into temporal context 5.Have Hobbes and Locke hovering above the whole project commenting from their seminal texts. 6.Includes rich detail that allows you to master testes and essays on these subjects.

6. Age of Absolutism Flippy Requirements: Politics Make a Flippy note that explores how each of the nations below developed a centrally administered monarchal state in the Early Modern Era. Include the indicated features. 1.Flippy for:France, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Russia, England, Dutch Republic 2.Each Nations Flippy has the nations name and the symbols of the “5 Rules/5 Problems” that attain on the outside 3.Inside each Flippy explains the “5 Rules” and/or “5 Problems” each nation employed in the creation of their state. 4.Inside the flippy you note the important monarchs and the times of their riegn for each nation 5.Give each nation a Grade: A-F for achieving absolute political power without partners. Assume that it is Louis the XIV himself giving the grade. Explain your grade and the basis for giving it. 6.Consider putting the Grade boldly on the cover in addition to the symbols 7.Label nations on your map

7. Age of Absolutism Flippy Note Requirements: War and Diplomacy Make a Flippy Note for the wars of the early Modern Era 1.Make a flippy for each of the following wars: English Civil War, Glorious Revolution, War of the League of Augsburg, War of the Spanish Succession, Seven Years’ War, American Revolution 2.Have a bold label for each war’s flippy on exterior 3.Inside explain the causes, the course, and the effects of each war. 4.Make sure that you include discussion of dynastic ambitions, mercantilist policies, and balance of power considerations with respect to each war. 5.Put each war on your timeline using color and key appropriately