1. Wynter Ransom LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE

2. MAP OF FRANCE

3. PRIMARY SOURCE “It is legal because I wish it.” 1643-1715

4. INTERPRETATION Louis thinks because he is the king what ever he says goes.

5. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Social: He built fortresses around the country that kept France's borders inviolate (safe) for a century. Economic: He reduced population pressure in France by the bloodletting in his endless wars. Louis's desire for power led to a series of wars that lasted for many years and extended the boundaries of France Political: By these means he became one of French history's most powerful monarchs and consolidated a system of absolute power rule in France that endured until the French Revolution. He protected his people and that made him a great king.

6. LOUIS THE 14 TH BUILT THE “VERSAILLES PALACE” FOR ALL OF THE POLITICAL DECISIONS, PASS LAWS AND TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THE MOBS OF PARIS.

7. SOURCES http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/louis_xiv.html ttp://edtech2.boisestate.edu/lockwoodm/FrenchRev/louis_xiv.htm ://en.wikipedia.orghttp/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France