Third Period: 10:27am to 11:17am
Fourth Period: 11:20am to 12:09pm
Absolutism & Enlightenment Readings & Checkpoints
Over the course of the unit, we will be going through different sections of the textbook in class. Whenever we start a reading, the questions will be due the next day and there will be a reading checkpoint made available after school for homework (unless there are other instructions). The Google Forms online correspond to a specific topic/lesson in the textbook.
Absolutism in Europe
Under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Spain had become a modern European power. Later rulers helped spread Spanish power from Europe to Asia and the Americas. By the next century, however, France under King Louis XIV had replaced Spain as Europe’s most powerful nation.
By the mid-1600s, years of conflict and disorder had weakened central and Eastern Europe. But powerful new rulers took control of Russia, Austria, and Prussia. They greatly expanded their territory and introduced new policies to strengthen their control.