PPT-Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and Crisis

Life in 17 th 18 th Century Age of Crisis Little Ice Age Poor crop yields led to famine and disease Population decline Increase in outrage over government actions Religious Wars Massive loss of life destruction of economies. Mark . Greengrass. m.greengrass@sheffield.ac.uk. H205 - European World. Warwick University . Republics of Genoa and Venice. ‘City-states’ – Geneva, Dubrovnik, Hamburg. The ‘United Provinces’. 1589-1715. Chapter 16. Chapter Overview. The 16. th. C thru the 18. th. C witnessed two contrary developments in western Eur: . Constitutional governments - Eng & Holland. Absolutist governments - France & Spain. McKay . Chapter 16. Kagen . Chapter 13. I. Seventeenth Century Crisis and Rebuilding. Focus Question: What were the common crises and achievements of the 17. th. Century States?. A. Economic and Demographic Crisis. By Andrew Knowlton and . Jack Anderson. Absolutism. Absolutism was a response to the religious wars, plagues, and destruction that plagued Europe.. Rulers who came to power were paranoid of losing it. The Age of Absolute Monarchs. LOUIS XIV and . IVAN the TERRIBLE. Absolutism. What?. It is an absolute leader.. A leader who has unlimited power.. These rulers do not share power with anyone.. There are no law making bodies:. Ieyasu. .. Vocabulary. : absolutism, Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Tokugawa . Ieyasu. Essential Question. : How did absolutism impact the world during the 17. th. and 18. th. centuries? . Absolutism. Jacques . BOSSUET. Thomas . HOBBES. John . LOCKE. Divine Right . ABSOLUTISM. Philosophical . ABSOLUTISM. Philosophical & Biblical . CONSTITUTIONALISM. Jacques . BOSSUET. Thomas . HOBBES. John . LOCKE. Kevin Hoang. Period 5. Seaport (Villa Medici). , Claude Lorrain. Ocean Voyage. , Charles Vaughn. How and to what extent did the Commercial Revolution transform the European economy and diplomatic balance of power in the period from 1650 to 1763?. 1550-1715. French Wars of Religion. Calvinism and Catholicism had become . militant. religions. Why?. French Wars of Religion. Huguenots. were French Protestants and a powerful threat to the crown.. 1589-1740. By: Andrew Bailey & Ryan Castro. Absolutism . Absolute kings regulated religious sects. And abolished liberties long held by certain areas, groups, provinces. . . Absolute rulers found that creation of a new State bureaucracies that directed economic life of the country in the interests of the king, was a way to raise revenue.. Ca. 1589-1725. 17. th. Century Crisis and Rebuilding. “Age of Crisis”. Climate changes. Bitter religious divides. Government pressures and war. Hunger and population loss. The Social Order and Peasant Life. Introduction to ENGLISH Constitutionalism ABSOLUT GOVERNMENT You are bottled up. LIMITED GOVERNMENT A Constitution LIMITS GOVERNMENT Absolutism Constitutionalism Government Power Laws Taxation Representative Period 1: c. 1450 to c. 1648 KEY CONCEPT 1.2 The struggle for sovereignty within and among states resulted in varying degrees of political centralization. Social Hierarchies 393-397 Politics and the State one person has total control. . Absolutism is the ultimate example of a strong centralized government.. Divine Right. In some cultures, the monarchies believe their . leaders are chosen by God. . This is called Divine Right. Leaders look for signs from God, such as natural disasters, to show that leaders / Kings need to change. .