Absolutism

Why all the Revolutions?

Learning Target 2.4
Apply historical knowledge of absolutism to
examples and decide if they are absolute or not.
Game Time.
 List as many countries with
Scattergories oppressive governments
(Past or Present)
Round 1- 30 seconds
Scattergories List problems that these places have
in common
Round 2- 45 seconds
 List important figures during the
Scattergories Scientific Revolution and English
Civil War and what they did.
Round 3- 45 seconds
History of Monarchs in Europe
Medieval- Feudal System

New - Centralized 15-16th Century

Absolute - 17th Century

Enlightened Absolute

“What do people do when they are being

taken advantage of, being marginalized, or
oppressed?”
Absolute Governments- What did they do?
-Monarchs took advantage of their power

-Societal injustices led to angry citizens

Definition
- A form of monarchy in which political sovereignty and government
power is located in a monarch who rules by divine right without checks
and balances
- Characteristics
- Divine Right of Absolutism
- Political Sovereignty: centralized control
- Lack of checks and balances
- Any Questions?
In-Class Activity
- Read over description of the government and identify characteristics of
absolute governments.
- Fill out chart according to the description and decide if it is or is not an
absolute government (Keep in mind the three characteristics)
- When completed, start homework posted on classroom
King Louis XIV (the 14th)

-Absolute monarch of France

-Built the Palace of Versailles

-Eventually leading the the French Revolution

Homework
-Read Posted information on Google Classroom and complete Absolutism
Government activity- writing assignment on back

- Write a ½ page story about a theoretical absolute government with the 3

characteristics

-To be turned in next class (Tuesday)