WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
France Russia Versailles St. Petersburg? Peter the Great Who best completes the above?
A
Napoleon Bonaparte
B
Louis XIV
C
Charles I
D
Henry VIII
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -King of France and Navarre The reign of Louis XIV is often referred to as “Le Grand Siècle” (the Great Century), forever associated with the image of an absolute monarch and a strong, centralised state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peter the Great’s main goal was to improve Russia and move it into a new age and a new way of life. Louis XIV main goal was to expand France’s territories.

Detailed explanation-3: -What did Peter the Great and Louis the XIV have in common? Both absolute monarchs who believed in the divine right of kings.

Detailed explanation-4: -The reign of Louis XIV The King, who could see great things for the chateau and the forests around it, took on the role of architect himself, and built a masterpiece with which he would forever be associated.

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