Absolutism And Constitutionalism In Western Europe
Chapter 16 Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Western Europe
Chapter 18 Toward A New World View
Chapter Outline
I. Seventeenth-Century Crisis and Rebuilding A. Economic and Demographic Crisis 1. The vast majority of seventeenth-century Europeans lived in the countryside. 2. Bread was the primary element of most people’s diet. 3. Rural society lived on the edge of subsistence. 4. Poor weather put additional stress on agriculture and industry. 5. Peasants and the urban poor were hit hardest by bad harvests and economic depression. B. Seventeenth-Century State-Building; Common Obstacles and Achievements 1. Both constitutional and …show more content…
IN 1685 Louis XIV formally revoked the Edict of Nantes because he viewed it as an affront to his own claims to power. 7. The French monarchy had never intended religious toleration to be permanent. 8. Religious liberty was not a popular policy. 9. The revocation had a negative impact on the economy and foreign affairs. C. Financial and Economic Management under Louis XIV: Colbert 1. Financial problems weakened Louis XIV’s administration. 2. Tax revenues usually fell far short of the government’s needs. 3. In Louis XIV’s France, tax exemptions for elites placed the greatest tax burden on the peasantry. 4. Louis’s chief financial minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, used subsidies for domestic industries, tariffs, and policies to attract foreign artisans in order to make France self-sufficient and to boost French exports (mercantilism). 5. Colbert expanded the French navy and merchant marine and promoted colonization of French territories in North America. D. Louis XIV’s Wars 1. Louis was a conqueror- France was at war for thirty-three of the fifty-four years of his
Chapter 18 Toward A New World View
Chapter Outline
I. Seventeenth-Century Crisis and Rebuilding A. Economic and Demographic Crisis 1. The vast majority of seventeenth-century Europeans lived in the countryside. 2. Bread was the primary element of most people’s diet. 3. Rural society lived on the edge of subsistence. 4. Poor weather put additional stress on agriculture and industry. 5. Peasants and the urban poor were hit hardest by bad harvests and economic depression. B. Seventeenth-Century State-Building; Common Obstacles and Achievements 1. Both constitutional and …show more content…
IN 1685 Louis XIV formally revoked the Edict of Nantes because he viewed it as an affront to his own claims to power. 7. The French monarchy had never intended religious toleration to be permanent. 8. Religious liberty was not a popular policy. 9. The revocation had a negative impact on the economy and foreign affairs. C. Financial and Economic Management under Louis XIV: Colbert 1. Financial problems weakened Louis XIV’s administration. 2. Tax revenues usually fell far short of the government’s needs. 3. In Louis XIV’s France, tax exemptions for elites placed the greatest tax burden on the peasantry. 4. Louis’s chief financial minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, used subsidies for domestic industries, tariffs, and policies to attract foreign artisans in order to make France self-sufficient and to boost French exports (mercantilism). 5. Colbert expanded the French navy and merchant marine and promoted colonization of French territories in North America. D. Louis XIV’s Wars 1. Louis was a conqueror- France was at war for thirty-three of the fifty-four years of his