Unit Plan and Pacing Guide Unit 3 Absolutism and Constitutionalism ASSIGNMENTS DAY ONE The Rise of Royal Absolutism Kagan, 417 [Intro Paragraphs], 418-423 Document 3.1 (Bossuet) DAY TWO The Magnificence of Louis XIV Kagan, 423-427 Document 3.2 (Saint-Simon) Document 3.3 (Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV) Document 3.4 of Fontainebleu) DAY THREE Mercantilism: The Economics of Absolutism 427-432 Document 3.5 (The Candlemakers’ Petition) DAY FOUR Absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe [TWO DAYS?] 432-437 Document 3.6 (Voltaire, History of Peter the Great) BAROQUE ART DAY FIVE Stuart Absolutism and the English War 437-440 Document 3.7 (Hobbes, Leviathan) Document 3.8 (Petition of Right) DAY SIX The Triumph of Constitutionalism & the Dutch Golden Age 440-445 Document 3.9 Second Treatise on Government) (Hobbes vs. Locke) Document 3.10 (English Bill of Rights) Day 7 ASSESSMENT MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST/DBQ/FRQ ALL ASSIGNED WORK IS October 24th: Terms in Spiral Notebook All Readings with Headings and Questions Answered (binder) Study Guide Completed Organized Binder Last Pages of Unit Guide
Terms and People absolutism totalitarianism divine right Thomas Hobbes / Leviathan (1651) France: Henry IV (r. 1589-1610) Duke of Sully paulette Edict of Nantes (1598) XIII (r. 1610-1643) Cardinal Richelieu intendants noblesse de robe noblesse d’épée / noblesse de sword raison d’etat Cardinal Mazarin Fronde (1648-1653) Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715) Estates General Jean-Baptiste Colbert mercantilism War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713) Peace of Utrecht (1713) Bodin & Bossuet Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote viceroyalty quinto Culture/Art: baroque Peter Paul Rubens Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Versailles French Academy French classicism constitutionalism constitutional republic vs. monarchy democracy England: James I (r. 1603-1625) Charles I (r. 1625-1649) House of Commons Puritans England continued: Oliver Cromwell Instrument of Government (1653) Navigation Act (1651) Restoration of 1660 Charles II (r. 1660-1685) Test Act of 1673 Cabal James II (r. 1685-1688) William and Mary Glorious Revolution (1688) Bill of Rights John /Second Treatise of Civil Govt (1690) Dutch Republic: “golden age of the Netherlands” States General stadholder Holland Dutch East India Company Dutch West India Company
Philosophers of Absolutism and Constitutionalism Jean Bodin and Jacques Bossuet (Divine Right Absolutism) and Bossuet both argued that sovereignty resides in a monarch and Charles I receiving a from a hand above. James I and Charles I tried to put Divine Right theory into practice in England. Charles I paid for this with his life. Louis XIV, on the other hand, ruled by this philosophy and lived to a ripe old age. Thomas Hobbes (Philosophical Absolutism) John Locke (Constitutionalism) Leviathan (Description of the Leviathan) Two Treatises on Government BACKDROP: English Civil War (Bloody) BACKDROP: Glorious Revolution (Peaceful) NATURAL RIGHTS: L__________________ L__________________ P__________________ Consent of the Governed / Right of Revolution WHERE HOBBES AND LOCKE AGREE: Hobbes and Locke both rejected “divine right” theory. Both wrote that the first people are born into a state of nature, in which there was no government. In this state of nature, people have no way of protecting themselves or their property. For this reason, people form governments. The only way to keep people from destroying each other is to have an absolute ruler that is so powerful that no one could ever think of challenging him. People choose a sovereign maintain order by governing absolutely. People do not have a right to overthrow the sovereign, as that brings things back to the state of war. People establish governments to protect natural rights of LIFE, LIBERTY, and PROPERTY. Governments are agents of the people in this regard, and can only act with the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. The people maintain their sovereignty and may overthrow any government that fails to protect natural rights. The Dutch Republic MERCHANT OLIGARCHY