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AUTOCRAT = ABSOLUTE RULER

Quaestio : Was Peter’s absolute rule helpful or harmful to Russia? Nunc Agenda : Working with your partner, answer the questions on “Peter the Great: Absolute Monarchy in Russia” using the textbook. AUTOCRAT = ABSOLUTE RULER. Boyars = Russian Nobles. Russia to the1600s.

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AUTOCRAT = ABSOLUTE RULER

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  1. Quaestio:Was Peter’s absoluterule helpful or harmfulto Russia?Nunc Agenda: Working with your partner, answer the questions on “Peter the Great: Absolute Monarchy in Russia” using the textbook.

  2. AUTOCRAT=ABSOLUTE RULER

  3. Boyars = Russian Nobles

  4. Russia to the1600s • 862- Began as Viking settlement in Slavic lands • 1000s- Orthodox Christianity spreads from Byzantine Empire • 1200s- Mongols conquer Russia for about two centuries • 1400s- Mongols defeated, leaders from Moscow become Tsars • 1600s- Russia still behind Western Europe in technology and ideas

  5. Peter The Great • Became the Tsar at 10 • Traveled to Western Europe to study government and technology • Disguised himself as a commoner to learn shipbuilding in the Netherlands and England (people knew though) • Ruled as an autocrat • Expanded Russian territory • Put Church under control of the Tsar (him)

  6. Peter The Great • Forced the Boyars to work for the government, shave their beards, and wear Western clothing • Forced Westernization on his country • Fought the Ottomans to control Black Sea port but failed • Fought Sweden for Baltic port and lost five times before he WON! • Built a new capital city called St Petersburg on the Blatic coast

  7. Peter the Great DBQWork with a PARTNER to complete the DBQ questions for Peter the Great. TONIGHT you will write your two paragraphs based on these documents.

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