Europe Under the Absolute Monarchs

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Europe Under the Absolute Monarchs
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Revolution

• A complete often violent overthrow of an
  established government or political system

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What makes people Revolt

• Hunger
• Poverty
• Over taxation
• Inequality Nobility were privileged
• Unemployment
• Oppression by your government

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Into the Modern World

• The changes that came about in the 18th Century
  would be
• 1. Govt became more secular (non-religious)
• 2. Philosophies of capitalism (define)
• 3. Govt became more centralized.
• 4. Forces of nationalism (rise of the nation
  state.

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Absolute Monarchs

• Unfettered power- answers to no one.
• Dominant control over all of society the church
  and the aristocracy (define)
• The land and all the people are the property of
  the monarch.

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Phillip II of Spain
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Maria Teresa of Austria
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Elizabeth I of EnglandI may not be a lion, but
I am the cub of a lion and I have a Lions heart.
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Louis XIV The Sun King

• King of France from 1643 1715 (72 years)
• He changed France from its backward Medieval ways
  to the most culturally dominant country in the
  world.
• He was the true Absolute Monarch.
• He promoted the arts, expanded Frances borders
  and made France the most powerful country in the
  world.
• He built the Palace of Versailles at the cost of
  100 million dollars.

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Palace of Versailles
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Jean Baptiste Colbert1619 -1685

• Louis XIV Controller General of Finance.
• Made Louis what he was.
• He reformed the tax system by making it uniform.
• Encouraged Industry through loans and tax breaks.
• Brought in Quality control
• Lowered internal tariffs (define)
• Expanded the navy and the merchant marine.
• He doubled Frances revenue in 10 years.

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Jean Colbert1619 - 1685
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The Legacy

• How does a country go from the most powerful to
  one of total chaos with in 100 years?
• He increased Frances borders but had to fight 4
  wars. This drained his bank account and made
  France many enemies.
• Encouraged the arts, but spent so much that his
  country was in debt.
• To control the aristocracy he bribed them with
  privilege. This created a great division in
  classes and social inequality and injustice.
• His death would leave France with a weak
  successor and a power hungry Upper class.