Absolutism in England and France

By MyahBerryman
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Absolutism in England and France

  • Jan 1, 1527

    Henry VIII (England)

    King Henry VIII took power of England in early 1527. He wanted and early divorce because his wife kept on having girls instead of boys. He went out to reform the Catholic church and had Parliment sign his Act of Supremacy in 1534. Later, he kept on divorcing and beheading multiple wives. Until his sixth wife finally had a son named, Edward VI.
  • Jan 1, 1558

    Queen Elizabeth I (England)

    Queen Elizabeth came to thrown after her half-sister Mary Tudor had died. During her reign she kept the Catholic church's taditions.
  • Aug 1, 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (France)

    Tensions between Huguenots and Catholics in France were strong. The tension was so vast that the occasional outbreak of violence came out. When the Huguenots and the Catholics gathered at a wedding violence broke out killing over 3,000 people.

  • Henry IV (England)

    King Henry IV was originally a Huguenot, but soon became a Catholic when he took the throne. Although he was a Huguenot, he granted Protestants religious freedom under the law, Edict of Nantes in 1598. This law helped both the Huguenots and Protestants from fighting. In 1610 he was assassinated and the thrown was handed down to King James I.

  • James I (England)

    King James I's rule was very short. During his rule he wanted to create an absolute monarchy in England. He asked Parliment for funds but refused to give them to him, so he decided to collect taxes for himself.

  • Louis XIII (France)

    King Louis XIII was the son of King Henry IV, Louis XIII became king at the age of only 9 years old. He didn't do much as a king, but one big decision was to appoint Richelieu as cheif minister.

  • Thirty Years War (France)

    A Protestant rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Cardinal Richelieu (France)

    King Louis XIII appointed Cardinal Richelieu in 1624. His biggest goal was to destroy Huguenots and their nobles. He used the royalty to crush their power.

  • Charles I (England)

    At the beginning of his reign, Charles I wanted some money from Parliment. Before Parliment gave him money, they wanted to have the king to sign a document called, the Petition of Right stating that the king could not raise taxes. Charles I had not signed the document for 11 years and dibaned Parliment. A few years had passed and Charles I had given in and reformed Parliment in 1640 and the English Cival War began. The war ended in 1649 and Charles I had been executed.

  • English Civil War (England)

    The English Civil War was between King Charles I and his nobles vs Parliment and their people. When Charles I was ignoring Parliment's suggestians, they decided to revolt. Parliment formed their own army known as the Roundheads who fought against the king's Cavaliers. At the beginning, most were voting the king's side to win, but Parliment hired France's top general, Oliver Cromwell to lead them into battle. In the end, Parliment won.

  • The Sun King (France)

    King Louis XIV has often been refered to as, "The Sun King" because he ruled France for 72 years.

  • Louis XIV (France)

    At the beginning of King Louis XIV's rule, there was a huge uprising called, the Fronde. The Fronde was when the nobles, merchants, and peasants were rebelling. Instead of calling the Estates Generals, Louis XIV wanted to take maters into his own hands. He expanded bereauocracy and appointed intendants, who collected taxes, enforced the law, and recruted soldiers.

  • Oliver Cromwell (England)

    Oliver Cromwell is best known as the man who lead Parliment into battle in the English Civil War. After Parliment had won the war Cromwell was a large part of the commonwealth.

  • Charles II (England)

    Charles II was the first king after the "kingless decade" in England. He was the same as Louis XIV in ruling his court, but he did not want to run Parliment like his father. He brought back the Anglican Church and tolerated other Protestant groups.

  • James II (England)

    James II took the thrown after his brother, Charles II, died. He was very Catholic and gave higher roles to Catholics. In 1688, Parliment invited James' daughter, Mary and her husband to rule England. When James II wouldn't stand down from his thrown, Parliment arrived with an army, and James II fled to France. This was later known as, the Glorious Revolution.

  • The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (France)

    King Louis XIV takes away religious toleration and makes everyone Catholic.

  • Glorious Revolution (England)

    During James II's reign, he was trying to change all of England to Catholics. Parliment didn't like that, so they gave king James II a proposal. Parliment said they would give king James II's daughter, Mary and her husband the thrown. When James II wouldn't give up his thrown, Parliment arrived with an army. This caused king James II to flee to France. This became known as the Glorious Revolution because there was no bloodshed.

  • War of the Spanish Succession (France)

    When Louis XIV's grandson, Philip V was granted the Spanish thrown, he wantes Spain and France to become one whole country. Other countrie, such as England, were determined to make sure that did not occur. In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht ended the war. By the end of the war, the English had clearly won. The French decided to never try something like that ever again.