France

Introduction

Introduction:

In the last half of the fifteenth century,france enjoyed a period of peace, But in the 1500s,rivalry with charles V of spain and then religious conflict plunged the kingdom into turmoil. In this lesson you will learn about how france had its ups and downs as a country of war and its government during the rule of king louis XIV along with the difference and turmoils of the nobles and the people. You will be able to write a 1 page front and back paper on it as well in mostly your own words.

Objective:

Identify Louis XIV's successes and failures.
Explain how louis XIV became an absolute monarch.
Explain how commoners verses nobles and royalty lived there life different.
Understand why other European nations form alliances to oppose france's plans to expand.

Questions:

What were Louis XIV successes and failures?
What were Huguenots and how were they important to France during the absolute monarch age?
What were the differences between commoners, nobles and royalty? What was the biggest difference when it came to the way they lived?
What was the main cause of other European Nations forming alliances against france's plans to expand?

Task

What to do:

Write a 1 page paper front and back with an introduction, body paragraph and conclusion about France during the absolute monarch age. Answer the questions below with text from your book or from the links/videos given in the evaluation. After answering all the questions below, explain how they contributed to France being an absolute monarchy.

You will need to do this assignment on paper, you can still use your computer to go through the links given for information and your textbook. You will end up turning in three pieces of paper, your final essay, your rough draft, and the notes that have the answers to the objectives and questions.

What were Louis XIV successes and failures?
What were Huguenots and how were they important to France during the absolute monarch age?
What were the differences between commoners, nobles and royalty? What was the biggest difference when it came to the way they lived?
What was the main cause of other European Nations forming alliances against france's plans to expand?

Use at least 4 terms from the textbook in your essay. Double check your work before turning in for grammatical and punctuation errors. Paraphrase as much text as you can in your own words (not including from your book) , if not 50% of your grade will be taken off. Include at least two pieces of evidence to support your claim from your textbook to answer one question. This should be neat and professional looking with a header on all paper, should be on the top right side. Along with the header should be the tile of the paper, starting from the left hand side in the top margin.

Header example:

Full Name:

Date:

Assignment:

Teacher:

Tile

Process

First Read:

Reading through the information given.
- Example:
  - Textbook
  - Articles
  - Videos
Make a metal note of things you think are important.

Second Read:

Re-read the information given.
Take notes answering the learning objectives and questions that need to be answered in the essay in the introduction/ task and below on a separate piece of paper. Must write the question/objective and then the answer below it, if there is more than one answer make a bullet point or put a dash next to it.

Objectives:
- Identify Louis XIV's successes and failures.
- Explain how Louis XIV became an absolute monarch.
- Explain how commoners vs nobles and royalty lived their life differently.
- Understand why other European nations form alliances to oppose France's plans to expand.

Questions:
- What were Louis XIV successes and failures?
- What were Huguenots and how were they important to France during the absolute monarch age?
- What were the differences between commoners, nobles and royalty? What was the biggest difference when it came to the way they lived?
- What was the main cause of other European Nations forming alliances against France's plans to expand?

Rough Draft:

Introduction:
- Topic sentence:
  - Should include a claim about how you think France did through the age of absolute monarchs.
- Background information
  - Background information on how France became how France was.
  - Should be a few sentences with information that is important to the essay.

Body Paragraph:
- Answer the questions.
  - Task questions.
  - Objective questions.
- Other added information that you think is important.
  - Example:
    - Definition of the terms you used.
    - How France acted towards other countries.

Conclusion:
- Re-word the topic sentence.
  - The claim about how you think France did through the age of absolute monarchs.
- Explain how all questions tied into France being an absolute monarch and how it helped and didn't.
  - What does Louis XIV do to help and hurt France? What happens with the other nations?
  - A final sentence.

Final Draft:

Re-read and edit Re-read your essay.
- Look for sentences that don't go with each other, and make it smooth to read.
- Look for grammatical errors.
- Look for punctuation errors.
Final read
- Re-read and make sure you have
  - 4 terms from the book.
  - Two pieces of information to support an answer.
  - Answer both the objectives and questions on a different page.
  - Have your original rough draft ready to turn in with the final essay and questions/objectives on a separate page.
  - Little to no plagiarism.

Evaluation

Terms, People, Places from textbook:

Huguenots
Henry IV
Edict of Nantes
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIV
Intendant
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Versailles
Levee
Balance of power

Video and article on Louis XVI's life:

https://youtu.be/TRYs9WOEUR

https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/louis-xiv#the-royal-family

Information from article and textbook ( Persecuting Huguenots, Pg. 514)

Louis saw France's Protestant minority as a threat to religious and political unity. In 1685, he revoked the Edict of Nantes. More than 100,000 Huguenots fled France, Settling mainly in England, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, and the Americas. The Huguenots had been among the hardest working and most prosperous of Louis's subjects. Their loss was a serious blow to the French economy, just as the expulsion of Spanish Muslims and Jews had hurt Spain.

https://www.huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/history/huguenot-history/

Informational article:

https://www.britannica.com/place/France/Absolutism-of-Louis

Why the other European nations turned on Louis XIV.

https://history.as.uky.edu/reign-louis-xiv-1643-1715-overview#:~:text=In%201688%2C%20France%20found%20itself%20involved%20in,powers:%20England%2C%20the%20Netherlands%2C%20Austria%2C%20and%20Prussia.&text=France's%20enemies%20refused%20to%20accept%20an%20arrangement,to%20a%20union%20of%20France%20and%20Spain

Conclusion

Congratulations you finished the assignment, now you know all the things there is to know how France during the absolute age.

You can talk with your classmates that didn't do the same assignment as you to compare and contrast.

Why even to the assignment in the first place?

You should do the assignment because its your grade and now you need to pass this class and graduate.

But also because its fun!!!!!

Credits

Information about Royalty, Commers, and Nobles:

Look on page 513 in your textbook.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nobility
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1960/the-three-estates-of-pre-revolutionary-france/

Teacher Page

This assignment is a one page paper front and back about 4 questions and 4 objectives that relate to how France developed during the absolute age.

They must have:

4 terms from the book.
Two pieces of information to support an answer.
Answer both the objectives and questions on a different page.
Have your original rough draft ready to turn in with the final essay and questions/objectives on a separate page.
Little to no plagiarism.

They can plagiarize from the textbook but not from online, must be on paper, and have all of the things listed above.