Absolute Monarchs in Europe 1500 1800 Ms K

Absolute Monarchs in Europe 1500 -1800 Ms K Boring

After Test Assignments 1. Louis XIV sheet: *WRITE TERMS FIRST IN 1. Read the passage CASE YOU DO NOT FINISH* 2. Number the paragraphs 2. DWWI for: 3. Highlight NEW terms • Absolute monarchs 4. Underline OLD terms (terms • Divine right we’ve covered in this class before) • War of the Spanish 5. Create 10 questions and provide Succession the answer—in detail. • Thirty Years’ War 6. MAKE SURE the questions are • Seven Years’ War different—do not ask to define everything, but instead ask • English Civil War different types of questions: • William and Mary “What would happen if…” or • Turn in ON EDMODO. “Why do you think Louis…” or “If someone else did…” • Staple sheet and questions, turn in to basket

Age of Absolutism Chart and 360 1. Fill in the chart, using your book (online) 2. 360 Classroom: – Include: • • • Name Dynasty (who they ruled) The 3 “big” boxes

I. Absolutism in Europe TERMS TO KNOW: • Absolute monarch—king/queen who held all of the power within their states’ boundaries and was NOT restricted by any form of constitution or law • Divine right—the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarchy acted as God’s representative on Earth. – The kings/queens only answered to God, not his/her subjects • Bureaucracy—administration in charge of implementing/enforcing rules of a government/institution

A. Causes and Effects Causes of Absolutism 1. Religious and territorial Absolutism 2. The growth of armies to deal with conflicts caused rulers to raise taxes to pay troops 3. Heavy taxes led to additional unrest and peasant revolts * A monarch in complete control of ALL aspects of a kingdom conflicts Effects of Absolutism 1. Rulers regulated religious worship and social gatherings to control the spread of ideas. 2. Rulers increased the size of their courts to appear more powerful 3. Rulers created bureaucracies to control their countries’ economies

B. Louis XIV • “I am the state” • Strongest king of the time (absolutism) • Jean Baptiste Colbert— theory of mercantilism

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***The Thirty Years’ War • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=l. Ydd. Ef. XX QVk • Outcome: – Germany devastated – France strengthened – Spain and Austria weakened

Thirty Years War Link • http: //www. pipeline. com/%7 Ecwa/TYWHome. htm

C. The Seven Years’ War • Called the French and Indian War in America • Britain gained land in America

D. Outcomes of the Age of Absolutism • Habeas corpus: “to have the body” – Gave prisoners the right to obtain a writ (document) ordering that they can see a judge to specify the charges • Constitutional monarchy (IN ENGLAND): laws limited the ruler’s power—parliament is the partner in governing • Cabinet: group of government ministers (work specifically w/ king or president) • Bill of Rights: limits royal power, gives citizens rights and the protections that they have under their government

Absolute Monarchs on Trial • Create a chart for each Absolute Monarch– Phillip II, Louis XIV, Peter the Great and Frederick the Great – on one side put: “Plaintiff’s complaints” (name who this is) • Minimum of 3 complaints – On the other: “Defendant’s defense” – Bottom: “Jury’s questions” • Ask 3 questions from the jury to the defendant AND ANSWER THEM – Very bottom-- The verdict: guilty or not guilty?