age of absolutism history final

age of absolutism dates

1500s to the begining of the 1800s

dvine right

their power was granted to them by god. the kings and queens used this so people wouldn't go against them because they wouldnt go against God

absolute monarchs

king Louis 14 (france) czar Peter 1(Russia)

what was king Louis the 14th nickname

the sun king because the suns rays reached far and great just like his power

what is the court

the center of their power the palace and the government officials live in it

louis 14 background

he ruled for 72 years

he was 4 when he became king

member of the bourbon family

king of France

lived through the fronde rebellions

what are huguenots

french protestants

bastille

a prison

reign of terror

10 months led by robspierre where they went around killing people who said anything negative of the new government

french revolution

1789-1799 lasted 10 years

what started the French revolution

july 14 1789 mobs of the 3rd estate stormed the bastile and tore it apart

another reason for the French revolution

the commoners paid 100 percent of the taxes

the third estate (the commoners) were 98 percent of the population

womens March of Versailles

women couldn't afford to make food for their children they were especially lacking bread. the women march to Versailles to get the king and queens attention but it didnt work so they attacked the guards and put their heads on sticks they then brought the king and queen and forced them to live in Paris in the palace of tulleries

what event finally ended the French reovlution

when napoleon comes to power in 1799 the French revolutio comes to an end he does a coup de tat (military overhtrow)

continental system

napolean made a rule that no European country inside the dotted line could trade with great Britain the reason was because napoleans worst enemy was great Britain and he wanted to bankrupt them but czar alexander of russia defied him because Russia is landlocked and doesn't have a lot of trade ports and napolean ended up invading Russia with 600,000 soldiers he ended up losing because of the Russian winter

where was napolean sent to

he was sent to the island of Elba and was there for 10 months he had a small army then he escaped

after the 100 days he was in power for he was defeated and sent to where

he was sent to the island of st helba for good with no army this time and was under watch he was there for 6 years until he died

napoleonic code

the first ever set of universal laws. the rule of law were the same for everyone no matter who they were or their status

arc de triomphe

a famous building in Paris a victory arc to celebrate all of napoleons wins

concordat

a peace agreement between Napoleon and the catholic church. in the French revolution the church lost its land. they owned 10 percent of the land but they got it taken from them which they wanted back but they didn't instead they got to be the largest church in France which meant alot to them