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Absolutism, Exploration and
Their Consequences
The Influence Behind Absolutism
• Niccolo Machiavelli•Wrote “The Prince” for Lorenzo di Medici –Better Feared than loved guy…–ABSOLUTE POWER good for the leader & country. Every leader wants to dominate!!!
CASE STUDY # 1 - The Hapsburgs• Catholic Family • Holy Roman
Emperors–Led ¼ of Europe through war, marriage or diplomacy!!!–They are why the German princes led the Reformation
CASE STUDY # 2 - Louis XIV’s France• A Noble uprising Turned
him into an Absolutist–Built Versailles – a gilded
prison•Nobles untaxed in return…
• French army envy of Europe–Countered the Catholic
Hapsburg Monarchs–The “Sun King”
Versailles
CASE STUDY # 3Peter the Great – Russia
• By force of own will modernized Russia, built St. Petersburg
A Notable ExceptionENGLAND• Uprising by nobles
forced King John to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 AD.
• Ensured that UK would never sustain absolutism–Parliament dominates
Prince Henry the Navigator
• 1st Monarch to back Exploration
• WHY? The 3 G’s & cutting out Muslims in the spice trade
• New Technologies Help Out– Triangle sails, compass,
Hourglass, astrolabe, cartography
Explorer Review
Treaty of Tordesillas averts war between VESPUCCIA? Spain and Portugal in the New World
A Revolution in Trade:The Columbian Exchange
TO EUROPE
TO THE NEW
WORLD
The Commercial Revolution• Mercantilism–Business meant to
Benefit and be guided by the nation.–Colonies needed for
markets• Massive Inflation in
Europe (Petosi Mines) leads to the Origins of Capitalism– Joint-Stock Companies