1. PETER THE GREAT AND LOUIS XIV: ABSOLUTE MONARCHS

2. “History is created by those who write it” What does this quote mean?
What does this tell us about history?

3. DEVELOPMENT OF ABSOLUTE MONACHS- 1600'S
Look at the Chart and Answer the Following:
Explain the economic measures put into place to help monarchs gain control.
Explain how monarchs changed the roles of certain people to concentrate power
Explain the role of the military to helping the monarch gain power
Whose role increased, and whose role declined?

4. What does the term “legacy” mean?

5. Louis XIV Legacy 73 year reign
Feudal lords and Catholic Church surrendered power to the king
France largest cultural and military power
Extensive overseas empire
Wars were costly
Louis expenditures created unprecedented misery for the masses- Versailles- key symbol of Louis
Increased tax burden
Name was cursed when they carried his body down streets

6. In the long run, was Louis a good king or a bad king? Explain

7. PETER THE GREAT LEGACY Changed the Russian calendar
Established fashion/clothing- via factories that made cloth, sheep raised to make wool
Cultivated land for basic food
Raised taxes as high as 350%
Ruthless to those who opposed him
Sent Russians to Europe to learn their ways and helped Westernize Russia
Monarch from age 10

8. Did Peter The Great leave him a legacy of greatness or was he a poor ruler? Explain

9. Who would you rather have as a ruler. Peter The Great, or Louis XIV
Who would you rather have as a ruler? Peter The Great, or Louis XIV? Explain.