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    Overview-Absolutism

    In the 1500s and 1600s,


    several rulers in Asia and
    Europe looked to centralize
    their political power.
    Claiming divine right, or
    authority from God, leaders
    such as Louis XIV in France
    gained complete authority
    over their governments and
    their subjects.

    England resisted the establishment of absolutism.


    After a civil war, England’s Parliament enacted a Bill
    of Rights that limited the English monarch’s powers.
    Overview
    Main Ideas:
    • Monarchs acted to
    establish absolute power
    • Monarchs used the divine
    right theory and similar
    ideas to justify their power
    • Parliament and the
    Puritans in England
    resisted absolutism
    • A limited monarchy was
    established in England
    Absolutism
    Absolutism: Belief that
    monarchs hold supreme
    power, and are responsible
    only to has
    • King God.all power=central
    • People have no power
    •complete authority over their
    governments

    Divine Right Theory: Idea


    that a king gets his authority
    to rule directly from God.
    ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE

    By the late 1600s, France had


    replaced Spain as the most
    powerful European nation.
    Louis XIV
    Country: France
    Years: 1643 – 1715 (72 years!)
    Achievements:
    -Called himself the “Sun King”
    and said “I am the state.”
    -Strengthened the monarchy,
    expanded bureaucracy, built
    palace of Versailles, strongest
    army in Europe, made France a
    wealthy cultural center.
    Downfalls: Used the wealth for
    his own benefit, peasants
    starved, numerous wars, never
    called Estates General. The
    French monarchy would not
    survive long after Louis’ death.
    ABSOLUTISM IN RUSSIA
    The driving force behind Russia’s
    rise to power was Ivan III (Ivan
    the Great). He built the
    framework for absolute rule in
    Russia, which would only get
    worse.
    Ivan the Terrible
    Country: Russia
    Years: 1533 - 1584
    Achievements: Introduced
    extreme absolute power,
    expanded Russian lands,
    made Russia more religious.
    Downfalls: Set up the first
    Russian secret police, who
    murdered thousands for
    him. He killed many nobles
    and destroyed many towns,
    and even killed his own son
    in a fit of rage.
    Peter the Great
    Country: Russia
    Years: 1682 - 1725
    Achievements:
    -Westernization: brought
    European influence to
    Russia, St. Petersburg,
    modern army, new
    industries, education, warm
    water port (Baltic Sea),
    extended borders, unified
    the nation, reduced power
    of nobility, gained control of
    Russian
    Downfalls:Orthodox Church.
    Did not reach
    Black sea, reforms died
    with him.
    COUNTRY: India
    YEAR: 1556-1605
    Achievements:
     become ruler at the age of 14.
     Skilled military commander
     Built the largest army ever in the
    empire.
     Helped to conquer northern India
    and Pakistan.
     Great administrator
     developed a centralized government
    (bureaucracy)
     Best known for tolerance of his
    subjects (especially Hindus)
     Downfalls: Akbar's successors were
    not as strong. Mughal power
    declined
    Summary

    Through the 1500s and 1600s absolutism became


    dominant through much of Europe and parts of Asia.
    In Spain, France, and Russia, absolutist monarchs
    claimed that they ruled by divine right and sought to
    extend their political power. While other nations
    accepted absolutism, England stood as a contrast to
    this trend. After the Puritan Revolution and the
    Glorious Revolution of the mid-1600s, the English Bill
    of Rights was passed establishing England as a
    limited monarchy.

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