1. Europe’s Absolute Monarchs

2. Absolutism

3. Divine Right

4. Rivalry Phillip II of SpainElizabeth I of England

5. Defeat of the Spanish Armada

6. The Sun King- An Absolute Monarch

7. The Palace at Versailles

8. The Legacy of Louis XIV Positives Strengthened France Militarily Put down rebellion by Nobles Increased Manufacturing Promoted Colonization which made France Wealthier Negatives Revoked Edict of Nantes Costly Wars High Taxes Lavish Lifestyle while common Frenchmen Suffered

9. Russia’s Empire

10. Ivan IV “The Terrible” 1533- 1584 Clear Code of Law Accused Boyars (Russian landowners) of poisoning his wife Violently Paranoid

11. Peter “The Great” Czar Peter I (1696- 1725) 1697 “Grand Embassy” of Western Europe Wanted Russia modeled after the “West” and not Constantinople nor the Far East Reduced landowners’ power, first newspaper, potatoes, women could attend social gatherings, Western fashions, Schools for navigation, art, and science, defeated Sweden to establish a port city (St. Petersburg)

13. No Beards!

14. Under whose rule would you NOT want to live under? Ferdinand and Isabella Henry VIII Charles V Elizabeth I Phillip II Louis XIV Ivan “The Terrible” Peter “The Great”