Absolutism

Who was Louis XIV?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.

• This man did not believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that an enlightened monarchy was best.

Who was Peter the Great?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

• This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

Louis XIV built this massive, ornate palace -- largely funded by the taxpayers of his country.

• Windsor Castle

• Versailles

• St. Petersburg

• Fontainebleau

Which of the following was NOT a factor that helped lead to the rise of Absolute monarchs?

• Stimulation of trade from the crusades

• Strengthening of the power of the Catholic Church

• Weakened power of feudal lords

• Protestant Reformation weakening the power of the church

Theory that justified absolutism by claiming that absolute power came directly from God

• Divine Right

• Enlightened

• Social Contract theory

• Manifest Destiny

Absolutism is...

• A government where those in power are chosen by citizens

• A government where power is shared by a class of nobles

• A government where one ruler holds all the power

• A government where power is shared by three people

Absolutism is...

• A government where those in power are chosen by citizens

• A government where power is shared by a class of nobles

• A government where one ruler holds all the power

• A government where power is shared by three people

According to the divine right of kings, absolute rulers got there power from

• God

• Birth

• The Church

• Nature

This absolute ruler of France was nicknamed "The Sun King".

• Phillip II

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Charles I

This English philosopher believed that people were born with natural rights.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Voltaire