1. First: Where We Have Been

2. Political Development 1.Formation of Nation States 2.Decline of Church power 3.Wars of Religion

3. Social/Economic Development 1.End of Feudalism 2.Expansion of Trade 3.Exploration 4.Beginning of Capitalism 5.Rising merchant middle-class

4. Cultural/Intellectual Development 1.Renaissance 2.Reformation

5. DQ#1: What were the contrasting political religious, and social conditions that led England toward parliamentary monarchy while France became an absolute monarchy? 1. Political EnglandFrance a)Parliamenta) Estates General b)Nobles activeb) nobles inactive c)Magna Cartac) Louis XIV d)Stuarts distrustedd) Louis XIV revered

6. 2. Religious EnglandFrance a)Puritans opposeda) Louis XIV crushed b)Stuart Monarchsb) Catholic support c)Wanted to limitc) Revoked Edict of Nantes

7. 3.Social EnglandFrance a)Nobles and landedb) Nobles believed classes used ______ supporting the to protect their power __________ at the local level would best support their interests.

8. DQ#2: Why was it ironic that France became an absolute monarchy and England a limited monarchy by the end of 17 th c.? Because…at beginning of 17 th c England enjoyed a strong and supported monarchy under Elizabeth I while France… had endured a series of weak monarchs and a series of religious wars (think Catherine de Medici’s sons) AND Ironic b/c French nobles had strong armies – so should have been able to check Monarchial power.

9. Unit III: Constitutional vs Absolute Monarchy I. What led to emergence of these 2 models? a)Cost of warfare increased. Why? b)Need for new sources of income. Why? c)Absolute rule required…

10. II. What is an absolute monarchy? 1.____________ form of government 2.Dominated by________________ 3.Shares little power with any___________ a) needs to eliminate all b) no courts to overrule

11. III. What is a parliamentary monarchy? 1.Monarch shares power with, usually, a _____________________. 2.Forerunner to ________________ (separation of __________). 3.In England, the representative body is still the ___________________

12. IV. England & France deal with nobles differently 1.England a) nobles and wealthy resisted b) Stuart Monarchy distrusted. Why? 1) 2) 3)

13. 2.France a) nobility supported monarchy. Why? b) parlements c) Some money from taxes ended up in

14. V. Institutional Differences as Factors 1.England a) Parliament b) Magna Carta c) Result? Political and Legal tradition 2.France a) lacked tradition of _____________ b) Estates General did not meet for______ c) E.G. met only when summoned by_____

15. VI. Personalities as Factors 1.England and the Stuart Monarchs 2.France