Louis XIV by Delaney Moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp PERSIAM en-us 2018-09-20 15:43:31 UTC 2018-10-01 01:20:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Politics 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/283999666 -Louis the XIV was known as "The Sun King"(Video)
-When Mazarin died (his Chief Minister) in 1661, the 23-year-old Louis took complete control over the government (Book 511)
-Louis's first goal as absolute monarch was to centralize and rein in control in France (website) 
-Louis XIV took control over the French Government and it was his responsibility(website)
-"Just as the sun stands at the center of the solar system, so the Sun King stands at the center of the Nation"(book 511)

]]> 2018-09-20 15:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/283999666 Military 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/283999879 -Louis built the French army into the strongest in Europe (book 512)
- The king paid, fed, trained, and supplied up to 300,000 soldiers (book 512)
-A war between France and the Great Alliance broke out in 1688 and waged on nearly a decade, known as the Nine Years' War (website)]]> 2018-09-20 15:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/283999879 Economics 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284000707 -to strengthen the state, Louis expanded the bureaucracy and appointed intendants, royal officers who collected taxes (book 512)
-Louis's finance minister, Jean Baptiste Colbert imposed mercantilist polices to bolster the economy (book 512)
-To protect French manufacturers, Colbert put high tariffs on imported goods (book 512)
-Colbert's policies helped make France the wealthiest state in Europe (book 512)
-Although, not even the financial genius that was Colbert could have produce enough income to support the huge costs of Louis's court (book 512)
-Public went from hailing Louis to blaming him for Frances financial devastation (book 512)
-Versailles became the perfect symbol of the Sun King's wealth (book 512)]]> 2018-09-20 15:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284000707 Religion 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284000855 -Louis genuinely cared for people's religion which was a good reason why many liked him (video)
-He was a devoted Catholic (book 512)
-Louis XIV arranged the destruction of Protestant churches and schools throughout France and forced all children to be educated and baptized as Catholics (website)]]> 2018-09-20 15:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284000855 Social 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284001369 - Mazarin taught Louis in History, Politics, and the Arts (website)
-Louis XIV perfected elaborate ceremonies that emphasized his own importance (book 512)
-Each day began in the king's bedroom with a major ritual known as the levee (book 512)]]> 2018-09-20 16:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284001369 Ideas/Invasions 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284001502 -Versailles (book 512)
-Academy of Inscriptions and Belle-Lettres were founded (website)
- Royal Academy of Music was also founded in 1666 (website)
-Louis also had Colbert oversee the construction of the Paris Observatory (website)]]> 2018-09-20 16:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284001502 Arts 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284001780 -Learned from Mazarin about luxuries (video)
-Louis turned a royal hunting lodge into a palace of Versailles
- Made it the most magnificent building in Europe (book 512)
-Its halls and salons were decorated with the most breathtaking paining and statues with magnificent chandeliers (book 512)
-The garden consisted of millions of flowers, trees, and fountains (book 512)
-Louis sponsored the French Academics, which set high standards for both the arts and sciences (book 512)

]]> 2018-09-20 16:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/284001780 King Louis XIV 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/287409148 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France]]> 2018-10-01 01:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/287409148 Work Cited 2020_delaney_moffat https://padlet.com/2020_delaney_moffat/wgfg78yabdzp/wish/287409549 “Louis XIV - Full Episode.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 4 Mar. 2017, www.biography.com/video/louis-xiv-full-episode-2073406805.

Ellis, Elisabeth Gaynor., and Anthony Esler. Prentice Hall World History. Pearson, 2011.

“Louis XIV.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/louis-xiv-9386885.
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