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ABSOLUTISM AND THE END OF HISPANIC DOMINANCE - Coggle Diagram
ABSOLUTISM AND THE END OF HISPANIC DOMINANCE
CHANGES IN THE 17th CENTURY
POPULATION
A rising death rate in Europe put a stop to the population growth of the 15th and 16th centuries
Poor Harvest
A series of poor harvests resulted in famines
Wars
Successive wars broke out
There were large conflicts
Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648)
English Civil War (1642–1651)
Epidemics
The effects of successive wars helped the plague to spread
Poor hygiene
The poor hygiene contributed to plagues
SOCIETY
There were major international wars and severe economic problems
Often led to civil wars
Resulted in social unrest and a series of popular revolts
Tax revolts often coincided with food riots
Fiscal policy and oppression was caused by noblemen
This led to large peasant revolts
Many revolts protested military conscription and the fiscal policy of the monarchies
ATLANTIC TRIANGULAR TRADE
This trading system operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries
Where they exchanged silver for spices
A triangular flow of trade was established in the Atlantic.
Chartered companies worked in and around the West Indies and the East Indies.
ABSOLUTISM AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
ABSOLUTISM: FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV
Authoritarian monarchies of some kingdoms developed into absolute monarchies
They supported the belief that the king held absolute power over everybody else
Jacques Bossuet and Thomas Hobbes were the main proponents
Bossuet believed that kings had a divine right to powe
Hobbes believed that absolutism was the result of a social pact between subjects and a monarchy
ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES
A royal treasury able to raise revenue
Marginalisation of the courts and parliaments of the estates
Growing centralisation of political and administrative decisions in the royal courts
A permanent army of professional soldiers, under the orders of the king
An ideology defending the king’s supremacy over all others
PARLIAMENTARY SISTEM IN ENGLAND