The Rise of Absolute Monarchies · 1550 – 1789 CE
The Age of Absolutism
The Divine Right of Kings and the centralization of power in the hands of monarchs.
Key Questions
- 1What is the theory of Divine Right?
- 2How did absolute monarchs reduce the power of the nobility?
- 3Was absolute monarchy a necessary stage in the development of the nation-state?
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6
Grade: 9th Grade
Subject: World History I
Unit: The Rise of Absolute Monarchies
Period: 1550 – 1789 CE
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