3.1 European Rulers- III

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• 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.

Already done?

Read 3.2 and answer question 1 to 5

Answer the learning goals

- first without your book in blue

- then with your book and add information in another colour

What did we do last time?

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)

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

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

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

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 a bad cooperation.