Age of Absolutism 1660 1787 What is Absolutism

Age of Absolutism (1660 -1787)

What is Absolutism • Period of time when Europe’s monarchs got stronger • Caused by the reformation and age of exploration, monarch rules with absolute power • What does Absolute means to you?

Examples of Absolutist Frederick William The Great Elector 1640 -1688 Elizabeth I Louis XIV 1533 -1558 1643 -1715

Your turn to help! • • • Leaders that are Absolutist Leaders that aren't Absolutist Kings/Queens Pharaoh Emperor Tsar/czars/csar Furner Dictator • • Presidents Prime minster Democracy Republic

Louis XIV • King of France • Nickname: The Sun King • Built the Place of Versailles • Drove out the Huguenots(French protestant) out of France • Reduce the power of the nobles -FYI- Louis XIV is consider the inventor of style or chic for France

Frederick William The Great Elector • Frederick William of Hohenzollern (Prussia) • Abolished the Serf System • In 1653, the Diet of Brandenburg gave him to tax as he pleased • Passed a series of measures to protect religious minorities including Muslim( however not Jews)

Elizabeth I • Queen of England • Defeated the Spanish armada • Never got married -FYI- See never got married and was named the virgin queen of England - Virginia was named from her

Devine Right Theory • Was the idea that god had chosen leader. • The people during this era believe this. • If you question the king, you question God. • Rulers became the nation(Louis XIV: “L’etat, C’est Moi!) the State? That’s me!

Stop and Think • Do you think that this was a good way to rule a country? • Can you name example of government like this in modern history ? • What are some ways that Europe improved during this age. • Can you define the a constitutional monarchy?

Form of government • Democracy • Monarchy • Tyranny • Aristocracy • Communism • Anarchy