WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which does NOT accurately describe King Louis XIV?
A
He declared himself the “Sun King.”
B
He reigned over 70 years.
C
He promoted Puritan teachings and beliefs.
D
His wars led France to inner turmoil & chaos.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How was the monarchy of Louis XIV characteristic of absolutism? The monarchy of Louis XIV was characteristic of absolutism because the ruler, Louis XIV held absolute complete power. How did Prussia and Austria emerge as great powers in seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Europe?

Detailed explanation-2: -what were the three key components of absolutism? 1) to have a strong military 2) to export more than its imported. 3) have a strong central government.

Detailed explanation-3: -absolutism, the political doctrine and practice of unlimited centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch or dictator.

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