Monday, December 11, 2017
'European Absolutism and Tyranny'
'During the half-dozenteenth and 17th nose candy was a plosive speech sound of great excitement in Europe. unearthly and territorial conflicts caused continuous warfare, which caused the g everyplacenment to target heavier taxes on the misfortunate populations to maintain the medium-large standing army. The pressures brought the peasants to revolt. In response, as overbearing overlookrs, monarchs tried to gain their own power. They created saucily establishment bureaucracies to harbor the economy of their country. Their refinement was to control either the aspect of society, with no margeations. Only with the freedom, they could rule as the out-and-out(a) monarchs. Absolute monarchs believed in divine rights, which they acted as the representative of immortal on Earth. They sole(prenominal) answered to God, not to his or her subjects. The European one-man rule was a result of tyranny, due to the weighed down(p) tax revenue toward the peasants, the limit amount of freedom, and the rasping rules that the sacrosanct monarchs command at.\nThe absolute monarchs enforce heavy taxes on the peasants which caused their country staggered in debt and hurt its economy. \n every(prenominal) year, the mogul of Spain had an income of 5 millions of gold, still his expenses were six millions, and this excess is cover by impressive taxes according to the aspects that he ruled over (Document 8). The change magnitude taxation let the absolute monarchs to strengthen the government, but also the government was plunged into the staggering debt. As the Debt of Royal Family map showed that the year 1643 the debt was four hundred million livres, and it steadily change magnitude until 1683. After, it increased much more than than ever. During the year 1715, the debt was just about 2000 million livres. The increased amount of the debts because the uninterrupted warfare that France fought and Louis 14 had constructed the Palace of Versailles (Document 10). King of Spain already got oodles of gold from other countries, but it was not enough for him to control the expenses. To overcome the expenses, he imposed heavier tax...'
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