AP European History AMSCO Guided Notes
3.8: Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism
AMSCO Guided Notes
AP European History Guided Notes
AMSCO 3.8 - Comparison in the Age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism
Essential Questions
- How were different forms of political power that developed from 1648 to 1815 similar and different?
I. Comparing Changing Governments
1. What were the two main sides in the 17th-century European struggle for sovereignty and what did each side want?
A. Monarchs vs. Nobles: The Case of France
1. How did Cardinal Richelieu's administrative reforms contribute to Louis XIV's belief that his power must be absolute?
2. What was the Fronde and what was its lasting effect on French political development?
B. England's Parliamentary Challenge
1. How did England's political development differ from France's during the 17th century?
C. Minority Groups and Self-Governance
1. What groups fought for self-governance in the 17th century and what methods did national governments use against them?
D. Regional Independence Movements
1. What was the Dutch War for Independence and what did its outcome represent?
2. How did the Bohemian estates attempt to resist Habsburg control and what was the outcome?
II. Comparing Different Sovereignty Models
1. How did the concept of the social contract challenge the idea of divine right monarchy?
A. Constitutional Monarchy
1. What is a constitutional monarchy and how did England exemplify this model?
2. How did Parliament serve as a check on the English monarch's power?
B. Oligarchy
1. What is an oligarchy and who made up the Dutch oligarchy?
2. How did oligarchic policies differ from those of absolute monarchies in their goals?