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=The Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism=

Chapter 16 and Chapter 17

The following is a review for Chapter 16. Please use it as __the first part__ of a study guide for our unit test on Absolutism

The following is a thorough list of terms and identifications wich you greatly assist you with your quiz and unit test

Please Print out for Wednesdays class. The following will be a great resource for your test as well as potential essay(s).

Chapter 16 Review Questions

 * Absolutism and Constitutionalism**
 * Day One** - Overview Pages 531-533
 * What is absolutism?
 * Is it different from totalitarianism?
 * What did it look like in France?
 * Henry IV, Duke of Sully
 * Sovereignty, bureaucracy

__**Assignment**__: Bring 3 Questions to class for discussion. Focus on the "why" and "how". Questions can be answered by the textbook reading so that other students can check their understanding as well

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Jean-Baptist Lully
 * Day Two and Three: Rise of France**
 * What does the French model of Absolutism look like?
 * Why is Louis XIV the example for Absolutism in western Europe?
 * Cardinal Richelieu,Raison de etat, Intendent system, La Rochelle, Louis XIII, Cardinal Mazarin, Fronde, Louis XIV,
 * Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
 * Mercantilism, French Classicalism
 * War of the Spanish Succession, Peace of Utrecht

__**Assignment**__: Compare the state of France to that of Spain.


 * Day Four: Decline of Spain**
 * Philip III (1598-1622)[[image:Philip III.jpg]]


 * King Philip IV (1622-1665)[[image:Philip IV.jpg]]

For more on the War of the Spanish Succession click here
 * King Charles II (1665-1700)[[image:King Charles II.png]][[image:hapsburgs family tree.jpg]]
 * Philip V (of Anjou) [[image:Philip of Anjou.jpg]]

**The Baroque Period**
media type="youtube" key="hOA-2hl1Vbc" width="420" height="315" Pachelbel - Canon in D

media type="youtube" key="usfiAsWR4qU" width="420" height="315" Handel - Messiah

media type="youtube" key="GRxofEmo3HA" width="420" height="315" Vivaldi - Four Seasons media type="youtube" key="ho9rZjlsyYY" width="420" height="315" Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Day 5: English Constitutionalism



The Gun Powder Plot...Remember, Remember the 5th of November //Remember, remember the Fifth of November,// //The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,// //I know of no reason// //Why the Gunpowder Treason// //Should ever be forgot.// //Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent// //To blow up the King and Parli'ment.// //Three-score barrels of powder below// //To prove old England's overthrow;// //By God's providence he was catch'd// (or by God's mercy*) //With a dark lantern and burning match.// //Holla boys, Holla boys, let the bells ring.// //Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!// //And what should we do with him? Burn him!//


 * James I**
 * Charles I**
 * James II**
 * Charles II**

To get a better understanding of the Glorious Revolution in England please read: The Glorious Revolution

A Day in the Life of Louis XIV and a Reading on Peter the Great

Eastern European Absolutism
What empires are in decline? What nations begin to rise? (HOP RAP) What are the differences between Eastern and Western Europe? What is serfdom and what effects does it have on the region? How did the Ottoman Empire organize their bureaucracy? (Janissary Corps) What was a liberum veto? What was heredity subjugation with reference to the serfs and nobles? What was the Edict of Restitution? Why did Charles VI create the Pragmatic Sanction? Was he successful? Why was the Prussian state considered the "Sparta of the North?"

List of Russian Rulers


 * Essay Question**: Compare and contrast the rule of the Eastern Absolutist to that of the West.