World History - Kelemen
NB #1 Introduction to Political Revolutions: Absolute Monarchy in France
Brainstorm: What are some reasons people might resort to violence to get a new system of government?
Definition (in own words) of Absolute Monarchy & Divine Right
Why did some people in the 1700s support Absolute Monarchy?
Why did some people in the 1700s oppose Absolute Monarchs?
Video Tour of Versailles: Use the space below to write your impressions/reactions
during our video “visit” to Versailles.
Predict: Why might
Enlightenment thinkers
have posed a threat to
Absolute Monarchs?
How the Palace of Versailles symbolizes the ideas, power and extravagance of absolute monarchy?
Why did the French people choose to restore the palace even after the elimination of the monarchy? Why is it such a
popular tourist attraction today?
How does the portrait of King Louis XIV and the quote L’état, c’est moi reflect that he was an “Absolute Monarch”?
Explain what this quote means to you:
“The Revolution had been accomplished in the minds of men long before it was translated into fact.”