AP Euro Essay 12
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Compare and contrast the reign of Peter the Great of Russia and Louis XIV of France.
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 Intro: | - Peter the Great of Russia and Louis XIV of France - Peter learned from Western Europe - Louis made France successful in Europe because of advanced economy and political system - Both attempted to obtain power by domestic policies, military ways, and religious beliefs |
| Domestic Policies: | - Both had strong domestic policies - Louis afraid of nobles (had power to start rebellions) - Limited power but kept them contempt with balls and operas - Granted high social status in return for funding and taxes for the French military - Invited them to live in Versailles to spy by enlisting secret police and spies - Louis had good finance minister (Colbert) - Colbert enforced mercantilism in France - Improved communication and transportation by building more roads and canals - Established merchant marine to transport French goods |
| Domestic Policies (cont): | - Peter maintained control over Boyars - Stressed on education and military - Issued the Table of Ranks - Children of nobility had to have 5 years of top-class education away from home (western Europe) and serve in the military - Increased taxes by three fold and strengthened authoritarian ways of Western Europe - Remodeled St. Petersburg in the ways of Western Europe and Baroque styles - Widened split between peasants and nobility by improving education |
| Militarily: | - Both were successful - Louis was at war for most part of his reign - Increased army by 10 fold - Many wins, for example winning the regions of the French-Comte and Flemish towns - Had ambulance corps, standardized uniforms, weapons and systems of training for soldiers - Defeated at war of Spanish Succession with the Peace of Utrecht(1713) - Peter was also in war for a long time - At first, Russia was lagging behind, but Peter formed alliances with Austria and Poland against the Ottomans to gain warm water ports for trade - Made the army professional and powerful with ideas from the west - Beat Sweden in Great Northern War and became dominant power of the Baltic Sea |
| Religious: | - Louis evoked Edict of Nantes with Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685 - Wanted whole of France to be Catholic - But Peter allowed limited religious freedom - He continued the system of Catherine the Great, who didn't feel that religion was necessary to unite a country |
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