A monarchy where the king personally decides war, power distribution, and taxation.
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absolute monarchy
A monarchy where the king personally decides war, power distribution, and taxation.
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A centralized monarchy that can organize bureaucracy, taxation, and conscription for gunpowder war.
France's fiscal crisis comes from absolute-monarchy war decisions, especially the Seven Years' War and sponsorship of the American Revolution, forcing the king to call the Estates General in 1789.
Gunpowder drives feudalism toward absolute monarchy because mass gunpowder armies require taxation, conscription, and centralized bureaucracy.
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"absolute monarchy an absolute monarchy is one in which the king makes all the decisions he decides whether or not to go to war..."
"the main economic political and military sponsor of the American Revolution in the revolution against the British and of course the Americans win this..."
"...Therefore, at this time, historians say that feudalism transitioned into an absolute monarchy, where the king now has absolute power, because the king, only..."
"So now, what happened is that the king would ask for conscripts from all lands to create a centralized army, okay? So why you..."
"...he's very indice in decisive okay he wants to maintain the absolute monarchy but he lacks the cutthroat mentality mentality that they would need..."
"Okay? The idea of a nation. Okay? At first, it's an absolute monarchy, but then after the French Revolution, it transitions into a nation..."
Relevant Lectures And Readings
Robespierre is not read as a dictator who simply loses control.
Gunpowder is not powerful because it makes a louder weapon.
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