3.1 European Rulers- III

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

3.1 European Rulers

Lesson objectives

You can explain:

- What absolutism is

- how king Louis XIV expanded the French territory and increased his power in France.

- how the English king became less powerful.

- how the Netherlands was governed.

Answer the learning goals in pairs: 

- first without your book 

- then with your book

Persons this section

Louis XIV

France 1643 - 1715

Maurits van Oranje-Nassau

Stadtholder of the Republic of the United Netherlands

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

High regent / Grand Pensionary of the Republic of the United Netherlands

William III

England 1688- 1702

Put the terms with the right country

Dutch Republic 

France 17th century 

States General

The governor and the highest regent have a lot of authority

Almost all nobility lives with the king

Droit divine

Republic

Absolutism

Grandeur and Wealth

The Republic

In the 17th century, the Netherlands was a republic: the Republic of the United Netherlands. The highest government in each region was the States. The regions worked together in the States General, which took decisions about foreign policy and the army.

 

Administrators in the cities, regions, States and States General were called regents. Often these were a few wealthy families. Such a rule by a privileged upper class is called an oligarchy.

In the Republic:

1. The States had no influence and the State Gernal was very powerful
2. The stadholder took all important decisions and the States General gave him advice.
3. The states were very independent, but they took some decisions together in the States General.
4. All important decisions were taken in the States meetings of the States

What word belongs to the description?
'government by a small group of privileged persons

'

What word belongs to the description?
'governor in the Dutch Republic'
(one word)

Cooperation between stadtholders and regents did not always go well.

An example: Prince Maurits and Grand Pensionary Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

Explain why this example is an good example of the bad cooperation.

Most countries in Europe in the 17th century were governed by a [.................1................. ..]
The Netherlands was not a kingdom, but a [.................2...................]
The Republic of the United [.................3...................] consisted of seven independent

 [..................4...................]
Each state was governed by the [.................5...................] in which representatives of the [.................6...................] and the [....... ...........7...................] sat
In The Hague, representatives of the regions met in the [.................8.................... ]
There they made decisions on [.................9...................] and [.... ..............10..................]

Put the right words in the right places:

States General

States

monarch

republic

nobility

Netherlands

states

cities

the army

foreign politics

Lesson objectives

- What absolutism is

- How European kings (like the French and English) became so powerful
- How the Dutch Republic had a different form of government 

3.2 - The Netherlands and Europe

Success criteria

You can explain:

•  how the economy flourished in the Netherlands in the 17th century.
• how Dutch cities grew.
  
• how rules for wars formed.
  
• how the Netherlands waged war with surrounding countries.

Complete exercises 3.1

Done? Read 3.2 and start doing the exercises