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Absolute Monarchies (Philip II (Philip II ruled over Spain, The…
Absolute Monarchies
Philip II 
Philip II ruled over Spain, The Neatherlands, Southern Italy and Spain´s overseas empire.
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Gave Spain wealth and power; Philip made is power absolute; He cared for his country and was very hardworking; Philip supported the arts; He fought the Ottoman Empire; Spanish Golden Age
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Louis XIV
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King of France for 72 years. He became king of France when he was only for years old. He ruled between 1643 - 1715. He was one of the longest ruling monarchs in European history.
He was called the Sun King because he changed the symbol from a lily to a sun because he thought that he was in the center
Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786)
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He was the famous German ruler because of his success in the military band because of his domestic reforms. His domestic reforms made Prussia to one of Europes leading nations.
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Frederick mostly worked on building Prussia into a strong state. (Expansion and reform). In the seven year war Frederick resisted opposition from France, Russia and Austria even though Prussia did not have as much resources.
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He established individual protections against the law, abolishing torture and making sentences of death legal only with his personal sanction. He also established the first German law code and enforced general education rules across Prussia.
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Catherine the Great (1729-1796)
Catherine was a ruthless monarch which most of the absolute monarchs were at the time. Catherine ruled in Russia from 1762-1796.
The boyars did not have to pay any taxes and the were allowed to increase their stronghold on their peasants.
Under Catherine`s rule the conditions for the peasant became worse. More peasants were forced into serfdom during Catherine´s time.
Catherine wanted to expand Russias borders and she took steps to take some land from Poland. Poland was split up between Russia, Prussia and Austria in 1772. She had accsses to the Black sea.
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Joseph II of Austria (1741-1790)
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Joseph took after his mother and continued with the reforms. The reforms were administrative and economic reforms. But Joseph gave the reforms an ideological edge reflecting the theories the Enlightenment. The new way was less successful and disrupted the stability of the Habsburg Empire.
Joseph granted, to the protestants and jews, freedom of worship.
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