Analyze the Age of Revolutions

SSWH14 Analyze the Age of Revolutions. Learning Target: “I can COMPARE & CONTRAST Louis XIV and Tsar Peter the Great.” What is “Absolute Monarchy”? 5ptsPowerful kings with unlimited power Louis XIV Tsar Peter the Great p431 IMAGE p438 IMAGE Country Ruled Russia France Ways of Exercising Absolute Authority He excluded nobles from gov’t decisions & hired bureaucrats to collect taxes & enforce laws Imposed new reforms to westernize Russia & expanded Russia’s borders and built a new European style Russian capital at st.Petersburg How Absolute Rule Benefits Certain People His economic advisor used overseas colonies and mercantilism to generate new wealth With his wealth, Louis built a powerful army and transformed France into the most powerful nation in Europe As a result of Peter the Great, Russia became more advanced western nation How Absolute Rule Does Not Benefit Certain People He involved France in expensive wars that failed to gain france new lands and led to massive debt, he used wealth and art to glorify himself, including constructing a massive palace called Versailles Modernization was a slow process, and Russia had not fully industrialized by World War I and during World War I revolutionaries overthrew the monarchy and created a radical new government based on socialism Why People Support The Absolute Monarch They viewed him as a source of stability and modernization The concept of divine right Why People DO NOT Support The Absolute Monarch Him being irresponsible and instead of helping France he hurt it by getting them in debt His reforms messed with traditional Russian values and power structures Research Question: Why is this ruler considered an “Absolute Monarch”? Explain your answer with a citation & reference. 14pts Louis xiv held unlimited power in France and rules by divine right.,in generally he centralized power. Tsar Peter the great because he held and exercised his power over Russia and didn’t share his authority with any nobility or anybody with a little bit of power.