Absolutism

Question 1

What is absolutism?

Answer 1

A system of govt where the King/queen has total control

Centralizes political power

Question 2

What theory did absolute rulers use to justify their power?

Answer 2

Divine right

Question 3

What was divine right?

Answer 3

The theory that the power to rule came from God

Question 4

What can we compare divine right to?

Answer 4

Mandate of Heaven in China

Question 5

Who was the “sun king”?

Answer 5

Louis XIV of France

Question 6

Name two examples of why Louis XIV can be considered an absolute ruler.

Answer 6

Palace of Versailles
Forced nobles to live at Versailles
Persecution of Protestants

Question 7

How did Peter the Great change Russia?

Answer 7

Westernized and modernized Russia
Beard tax
Changed fashion
Changed the military

Question 8

What new city did Peter the Great build?

Answer 8

St Petersburg

Question 9

What steps did England take to achieve a limited monarchy?

Answer 9

Magna Carta, Petition of Right, English civil war, Glorious Rev, English Bill of Rights

Question 10

Who was John Locke?

Answer 10

Believed ppl should have natural rights-life, liberty and property

Could overthrow their govt if the govt did not give them these rights

Question 11

Who was Thomas Hobbes?

Answer 11

A political philosopher who believed that absolute rulers were needed to keep the people in check