European Absolutism and Tyranny

During the sixteenth and 17th century was a period of great tempestuousness in Europe. Religious and territorial reserve conflicts caused continuous state of war, which caused the goernment to site heavier taxes on the suffering populations to have got the large standing army. The pressures brought the peasants to revolt. In response, as positive rulers, monarchs tested to increase their own power. They created unexampled government bureaucracies to control the thriftiness of their realm. Their goal was to control every(prenominal) the aspect of society, with no narrow downations. exclusively with the freedom, they could rule as the arrogant monarchs. Absolute monarchs believed in portend rights, which they acted as the representative of beau ideal on Earth. They only answered to God, non to his or her subjects. The European totalism was a period of tyranny, cod to the heavy taxation toward the peasants, the limit amount of freedom, and the harsh rules that the absolu te monarchs ruled at.\nThe absolute monarchs oblige heavy taxes on the peasants which caused their country staggered in debt and hurt its economy. \n all(prenominal) family, the faggot of Spain had an income of five one thousand thousands of capital, provided his expenses were six millions, and this excess is cover by extraordinary taxes fit in to the aspects that he ruled over (Document 8). The increase taxation permit the absolute monarchs to strengthen the government, only also the government was plunged into the swag debt. As the Debt of Royal Family map showed that the year 1643 the debt was 400 million livres, and it steadily change magnitude 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 constant warfare that France fought and Louis XIV had constructed the Palace of Versailles (Document 10). King of Spain already got lots of gold from other countries, b ut it was non enough for him to subdue the expenses. To overcome the expenses, he imposed heavier tax...