Age of Absolutism

How does this image of King Charles I demonstrate the idea of divine right?

Which does NOT describe an absolute monarch?

• Has unlimited power.

• Controls taxes.

• Dominates the upper class to show off power.

• Looks to church leaders to guide religion.

The divine right theory is the belief a ruler has absolute power since s/he was established by ________________.

What is the following statement an example of?

The Mayor, elected by the citizens of the town, decided to build a new City Hall.

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

What is the following statement an example of?

The citizens voted in favor of a city tax measure that would increase funding for libraries.

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

What is the following statement an example of?

The French King Louis XIV believed that all kings had been given their powers from God, by divine right.

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

What is the following statement an example of?

The creation of the Palace of Versailles is an example of—

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

Which of the following was NOT a cause for the Age of Absolutism?

• the decline of feudalism resulted in growing authority for kings

• church authority breaking down due to the Reformation allowed monarchs to assume ever greater control

• kings implementing assemblies and legislative bodies to share the governing role