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PETER THE GREAT AND LOUIS XIV: ABSOLUTE MONARCHS

PETER THE GREAT AND LOUIS XIV: ABSOLUTE MONARCHS. “History is created by those who write it” What does this quote mean? What does this tell us about history?. DEVELOPMENT OF ABSOLUTE MONACHS- 1600'S. Look at the Chart and Answer the Following:

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PETER THE GREAT AND LOUIS XIV: ABSOLUTE MONARCHS

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  1. PETER THE GREAT AND LOUIS XIV: ABSOLUTE MONARCHS

  2. “History is created by those who write it” What does this quote mean? What does this tell us about history?

  3. DEVELOPMENT OF ABSOLUTE MONACHS- 1600'S • Look at the Chart and Answer the Following: • Explain the economic measures put into place to help monarchs gain control. • Explain how monarchs changed the roles of certain people to concentrate power • Explain the role of the military to helping the monarch gain power • Whose role increased, and whose role declined?

  4. What does the term “legacy” mean?

  5. Louis XIV Legacy • 73 year reign • Feudal lords and Catholic Church surrendered power to the king • France largest cultural and military power • Extensive overseas empire • Wars were costly • Louis expenditures created unprecedented misery for the masses- Versailles- key symbol of Louis • Increased tax burden • Name was cursed when they carried his body down streets

  6. In the long run, was Louis a good king or a bad king? Explain

  7. PETER THE GREAT LEGACY • Changed the Russian calendar • Established fashion/clothing- via factories that made cloth, sheep raised to make wool • Cultivated land for basic food • Raised taxes as high as 350% • Ruthless to those who opposed him • Sent Russians to Europe to learn their ways and helped Westernize Russia • Monarch from age 10

  8. Did Peter The Great leave him a legacy of greatness or was he a poor ruler? Explain

  9. Who would you rather have as a ruler? Peter The Great, or Louis XIV? Explain.

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