Post on 27-Dec-2015
AIM: What is Absolutism?
Do Now: How would your life change if we had a King/Queen in charge of the United States?
Would your life be better or worse with a King?
• Absolute Monarch – A king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks
to control all aspects of society.
• Centralize (To bring under one’s control) power.
• Where did these Kings/Queens believe they received their power from?
– GOD
– DIVINE RIGHT – Monarchs get their right to rule from God.
– “Sun King” – France should revolve around Louis XIV
– “I am the state.”
• PRIMARY SOURCES / READING
2. What is the point the cartoonist is trying to make?
1. Who do the two men in the cartoon represent?
Theology – study of religion/God
Assessment• “God hath power to create or
destroy, make or unmake, at his pleasure; to give life or send death; to judge…and to be judged (by) none…And the like power have kings;…”
Which idea is described by this passage?
1 theory of divine right 2 enlightened despotism 3 Social Darwinism 4 constitutional monarchy
Which type of government is shown in the cartoon?
1.a socialist republic 2.an absolute monarchy 3.a communist dictatorship 4.a democracy
Write a paragraph explaining what the characteristics of an
absolute ruler are. Consider the following:
• Attitude • Actions/Behaviors• Polices (internal/external)• Goals• How are the people treated?• How is the rest of the government affected?