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What is the primary characteristic of an absolute monarch?
What is the primary characteristic of an absolute monarch?
Which absolute monarch helped expand Russia by westernizing it?
Which absolute monarch helped expand Russia by westernizing it?
What was the primary goal of the Scientific Revolution?
What was the primary goal of the Scientific Revolution?
Who developed the Heliocentric Theory?
Who developed the Heliocentric Theory?
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What was the Divine Right of absolute monarchs?
What was the Divine Right of absolute monarchs?
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Which absolute monarch expanded France's territory?
Which absolute monarch expanded France's territory?
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What was a key characteristic of the Age of Absolutism?
What was a key characteristic of the Age of Absolutism?
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Which absolute monarch expanded the Ottoman Empire?
Which absolute monarch expanded the Ottoman Empire?
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Study Notes
The Age of Absolutism
- The Age of Absolutism was a period in European history when nations were governed by absolute monarchs, who had total control over their nations.
- Key characteristics of absolute monarchs include centralizing political control, believing in Divine Right, and believing their power was unlimited.
- Absolute monarchs did not share power with anyone else and made laws without the consent of the people.
Absolute Monarchs
- Peter the Great was the absolute monarch of Russia, who westernized Russia to strengthen his nation.
- Louis XIV was the absolute monarch of France.
- Philip II was the absolute monarch of Spain.
- Henry VIII was the absolute monarch of England.
- Suleiman the Magnificent was the absolute monarch of the Ottoman Empire.
- These monarchs helped expand their nations' territories by taking over neighboring lands.
The Scientific Revolution
- The Scientific Revolution was a sudden and dramatic change in how people viewed the world, using science and reason to explain how the world worked.
- Key people of the Scientific Revolution include:
- Copernicus, who developed the Heliocentric Theory that the planets revolve around the sun.
- Galileo Galilei, who proved Copernicus was correct and was put on trial by the Catholic Church.
- Sir Isaac Newton, who developed calculus and the theory of gravity.
- Johannes Kepler, who helped discover how planets move.
- Descartes, a mathematician, scientist, and philosopher.
Effects of the Scientific Revolution
- The Scientific Revolution resulted in the spread of new ideas throughout Europe.
- It challenged the traditional authority of the Catholic Church, as European scientists proved many Church teachings were incorrect.
- The new ideas of this period directly led to the Enlightenment.
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Learn about the period in European history when nations were governed by absolute monarchs, their characteristics and key features.
