1. ABSOLUTISM

2. CAUSES
Religious and territorial conflict created fear and uncertainty

3. CAUSES
Growth of armies to deal with conflicts caused rulers to raise taxes to pay troops

4. CAUSES
Lots of taxes lead to peasant revolts

5. Rule by a monarch (king or queen) with absolute control
Leads to…
ABSOLUTISM:
Rule by a monarch (king or queen) with absolute control

6. EFFECTS
Rulers regulated religious worship and social gatherings to control the spread of ideas

7. EFFECTS Created bureaucracies to control their countries economies
Bureaucracy = "a body of nonelective government officials"