European Absolutism and Tyranny

During the 16th and seventeenth century was a finish of great upheaval in Europe. Religious and territorial conflicts caused constant warfare, which caused the governance to lay heavier taxes on the suffering populations to maintain the full-grown standing army. The pressures brought the peasants to revolt. In response, as out-and-out(a) dominaters, monarchs tried to affix their own power. They created new government bureaucracies to control the economy of their country. Their close was to control all the thought of society, with no limitations. Only with the freedom, they could rule as the absolute monarchs. irresponsible monarchs believed in divine rights, which they acted as the representative of God on Earth. They only answered to God, not to his or her subjects. The European absolutism was a period of tyranny, due to the big(p) taxation toward the peasants, the limit get along of freedom, and the harsh rules that the absolute monarchs govern at.\nThe absolute monarch s imposed laborious taxes on the peasants which caused their country staggered in debt and hurt its economy. \nEvery social class, the index of Spain had an income of five millions of gold, but his expenses were half a dozen millions, and this excess is covered by extraordinary taxes according to the aspects that he ruled over (Document 8). The increase taxation let the absolute monarchs to strengthen the government, but in addition the government was plunged into the staggering debt. As the Debt of Royal Family chart showed that the year 1643 the debt was 400 million livres, and it steadily increased until 1683. After, it increased ofttimes more than ever. During the year 1715, the debt was close to 2000 million livres. The increased substance of the debts because the constant warfare that France fought and Louis cardinal had constructed the Palace of Versailles (Document 10). King of Spain already got lots of gold from another(prenominal) countries, but it was not plen ty for him to overcome the expenses. To overcome the expenses, he imposed heavier tax...