Ch 17-State Building and the Search for Order, 1648-1690 (621-663)

AP FRQ Essays:

• Louis XIV declared his goal was "one king, one law, one faith." Analyze the methods the king used to achieve this objective and discuss the extent to which he was successful. (2003 A)
• Explain the development of the scientific method in the seventeenth century and the impact of scientific thinking on traditional sources of authority. (2000)
• Discuss the relationship between politics and religion by examining the wars of religion. Choose TWO specific examples from the following:  (1999)
  • Dutch Revolt
  • French Wars of Religion
  • English Civil War
  • Thirty Years' War

   

• Analyze the ways in which the contrasting styles of these two paintings reflect the different economic values and social structures of France and the Netherlands in the seventeenth century. (1999)

Other Potential Essays:

• Analyze the policies of Louis XIV and discuss, with specific examples, how he was an absolute monarch.
• Compare and contrast the religious wars, ending with the Glorious Revolution.
• Compare and contrast absolutism and constitutionalism. Be able to give specific examples to support your answer.
• In the 17th century, how did England and the Dutch Republic compete successfully with France and Spain for control of overseas territory?
• "In the 15th century, European society was still centered around the Mediterranean region but by the end of the 17th century the focus of Europe had shifted north"  Identify and analyze the economic developments between 1450 and 1700 that helped bring about this shift.
• In the 17th century, what political conditions accounted for the increased power of both the parliament in England and the monarch in France?
• Describe and analyze the changes in the role of Parliament in English politics between the succession of James I and the Glorious Revolution.
• Philip II of Spain built the Escorial and Louis XIV of France built Versailles.  Starting with pictures of these palaces, analyze the similarities and differences in the conception and practice of monarchy of these two kings.