Friday, February 10, 2017
European Absolutism and Tyranny
During the 16th and 17th one C was a gunpoint of large upheaval in Europe. unearthly and territorial conflicts caused continuous warfare, which caused the governing body to lay heavier taxes on the woe populations to maintain the large standing(a) army. The pressures brought the peasants to revolt. In response, as dictatorial rulers, monarchs tried to increase their hold power. They created new governing body bureaucracies to govern the economy of their country. Their goal was to entertain all the aspect of society, with no limitations. Only with the freedom, they could rule as the inviolable monarchs. Absolute monarchs believed in divine rights, which they acted as the translator of God on Earth. They only if answered to God, not to his or her subjects. The European absolutism was a period of tyranny, due to the heavy revenue toward the peasants, the limit amount of freedom, and the sharp rules that the absolute monarchs rule at.\nThe absolute monarchs compel heavy taxes on the peasants which caused their country staggered in debt and tolerate its economy. \nEvery year, the King of Spain had an income of louvre gazillions of gold, exclusively his expenses were six millions, and this waste is covered by surpassing taxes according to the aspects that he ruled over (Document 8). The change magnitude tax revenue let the absolute monarchs to establish the government, but also the government was plunged into the staggering debt. As the Debt of gallant Family chart showed that the year 1643 the debt was cd million livres, and it steadily increased until 1683. After, it increased much more than ever. During the year 1715, the debt was about 2000 million livres. The increased amount of the debts because the incessant warfare that France fought and Louis XIV had constructed the castling of Versailles (Document 10). King of Spain already got gobs of gold from other countries, but it was not enough for him to surmount the expenses. To overc ome the expenses, he imposed heavier tax...
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