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| a government in which a monarch has COMPLETE control over everything. |
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| The theory of government in which there is an absolute monarch with complete power and control, who has the divine right of kings. Nobles were brought under control and had little to no power. |
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| when ONE person is King, and the King IS the country. royal "we"! |
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| The regulation of economics- particularly the theory that a country should sell more goods than it buys. Particularly in Colbert's influence, a country should not buy any goods at all, but be completely independent. This generated a large amount of revenue. |
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| Believed that absolutism was the only way a government could be organized, and that the more control a monarch had, the better the kingdom was. Thought people should sacrifice freedom for order and stability. |
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| Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan) |
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| Believed that life without a government, life in nature, was nasty and poor. Thought that the central drive within a person was one of power. No divine right of kings! |
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| Advocate of the divine right of kings, during reign of Louis XIV |
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| Gave Huguenots (Calvinists) more rights |
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| Was Henry IV's financial adviser, reforms tax system to make if more efficient. Built canals and roads to ship goods. |
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| Ruled in Louis XIII's place while he was too young to rule himself. Installed the Intendant system. |
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| Weakens nobility, replaces local officials with servants of the King. This made the officials much more loyal to the king and thus it was more efficient and controlled. Each of the 32 French districts had one. |
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| "Sun King", believed in divine right of kings. Royal we! Longest reign in European history... France became the undisputed power. |
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| Controlled France when Louis XIV was a child. Revolts with nobles to take over Louis XIV while he's still young. |
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| Was used by Louis XIV as a "pleasure prison" to keep the nobility close so he could keep an eye on them. Was extravagant and reflected baroque art, to demonstrate his power and prestige. |
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| Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, no more Calvinism! |
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| What were the effects of Louis XIV's many wars? |
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| Left France bankrupt, killed off 20% of French population. France was in an economic ruin, and Louis XIV tried to install a massive tax to make up for it. |
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| What led to the decline of Spain? |
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| Spanish economy plummeted because they lost the Moor and Jew population, losing over 2 million people. This greatly reduced the skilled trade population. |
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| Ivan the Terrible, who expanded Russia to three times the si |
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