Age of Absolutism
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Age of Absolutism
(1660-1787)
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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?
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Examples of Absolutist
Frederick WilliamThe Great Elector Elizabeth I Louis XIV
1643-17151640-1688 1533-1558
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Your turn to help!
Leaders that are Absolutist• Kings/Queens• Pharaoh• Emperor• Tsar/czars/csar• Furner• Dictator
Leaders that aren't Absolutist• Presidents• Prime minster• Democracy• Republic
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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
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Frederick WilliamThe 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)
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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
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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!
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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?
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Form of government
• Democracy• Monarchy• Tyranny• Aristocracy• Communism• Anarchy