WORLD HISTORY

CHAPTER 4: THE AGE OF ABSOLUTISM 1550-1800

I Can….1) …describe the elements of Philip II’s leadership that

made Spain a global power.

2) …explain how Louis XIV became an absolute monarch.

3) …explain how the English Civil War and the development of the Commonwealth led to the Glorious Revolution.

SPANISH POWER GROWS

I. Charles V Inherits Two Crowns

II. Philip II Solidifies Power

III. Spain’s Golden Age

FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV

I. Henry IV Restores Order

II. An Absolute Monarch Rises

III.Versailles: Symbol of Royal Power

IV.A Strong State Declines

PARLIAMENT TRIUMPHS IN ENGLAND

I. The Tudors Work with Parliament

II. A Century of Revolution Begins

III. Fighting a Civil War

IV.Cromwell and the Commonwealth

V. From Restoration to Glorious Revolution

VI.Constitutional Government Evolves

VII.A Society Still Ruled by the Few