HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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heavy tax burdens that were levied to support trade and colonial growth
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the growth and increased power of nobles and representative bodies
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the increased size of courts and new government bureaucracies
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religious and territorial conflicts that caused warfare and revolts
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Detailed explanation-1: -An absolute monarchy was a form of government in which an all-powerful king or queen rules a state. This form of government was popular in Europe toward the end of the medieval period all the way up to through the 18th century. Rulers in an absolute monarchy had total control over the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -The period roughly around 1650 to 1789-is one which historians of European history have labeled the “Age of Absolutism". Absolutism falls between the reign of young Louis XIV (which began in 1661) and the events leading to the French Revolution in 1789.
Detailed explanation-3: -What factors led to the rise of absolute monarchies? Religious and territorial conflicts between states created fear and uncertainty.-> 17th century was a period of great disruption in Europe; conflicts led to continuous warfare.
Detailed explanation-4: -Their goal was to control every aspect of society. Absolute monarchs believed in divine right, the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on earth. An absolute monarch answered only to God, not to his or her subjects.