Absolutism and Constitutionalism - Paul Sargent Makes History

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Key Concept

The struggle for sovereignty within and among states resulted in varying degrees of political centralization.

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Louis XIV, Part 2

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Absolutism and Constitutionalism Study Guide
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What you need to know about the Age of Absolutism
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Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: Witchcraft

MindTap: Setting the Scene: Spiritual Expression
Answer study guide questions 1-2 using:
- Spielvogel pages 436-439
- The Famous Monty Python Witch Scene
- A Simpsons Witch Trial
Key term 1

Assignment 2: The Thirty Years' War

Answer study guide questions 3-6 using:
- Spielvogel pages 439-444
- What Was the Treaty of Westphalia?
- The Treaty of Westphalia
Key Terms 2-4
MindTap: A Map of the Thirty Years' War

Assignment 3: Absolutism and Louis XIII

Answer study guide questions 7-8 using:
- Spielvogel pages 444-445
- What Was Absolutism?
- The Foundations of Absolutism
Key term 5
Additional terms 1-5

Assignment 4: Louis XIV, the Sun King

Answer study guide questions 9-11 using:
- Spielvogel pages 445-450
- Who Was Louis XIV? (Part 1)
- Who Was Louis XIV? (Part 2)
Key terms 6-7
Additional terms 6-8
MindTap: Absolutism and the French Monarchy

Assignment 5: Prussia, Austria, and Russia

Answer study guide questions 12-16 using:
- Spielvogel pages 451-456
- Prussian Absolutism
- Peter the Great: Tsar of Russia
Key terms 8-10
Additional terms 9-13

Assignment 6: Ottomans, Poles, and the Dutch

Answer study guide questions 17-19 using:
- Spielvogel pages 457-460
- Crash Course: Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company
- What Is a Stadtholder?
- Why Is Vermeer's "Girl with the Pearl Earring" Considered a Masterpiece?
Key terms 11-12
MindTap: Absolutist Projects in Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe

Assignment 7: English Constitutionalism

Answer study guide questions 20-22 using:
- Spielvogel pages 462-467
- Absolutism vs. Constitutionalism
- English Civil War in 3 Minutes
- The Glorious Revolution in 3 Minutes
Key terms 14-15
Additional terms 14-17
MindTap: Limited Monarchies and England's Crisis of Power

Assignment 8: Cultural Absolutism

Answer study guide questions 23-26 using:
- Spielvogel pages 468-471
- What Was Mannerist Art?
- Baroque Overview
Key terms 16-18
Additional terms 18-22
MindTap: European Arts and Culture in the Seventeenth Century

Assignment 9: Study for the Test

Review notes, flashcards, and study guide
MindTap: Government and Society in Seventeenth-Century Europe
MindTap: Chapter 15 Quiz
Practice questions on pages 475A-475B
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Absolutism and Constitutionalism

Primary Sources

Jakob von Grimmelshausen, Simplicius Simplicissimus
Oliver Cromwell on the Victory at Naseby
Oliver Cromwell on the Massacre at Drogheda
Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs
Lord Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England

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