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Lousi Xiv Video Questions - Student Version

Louis XIV became King of France at age 5 after his father's death. He reigned for over 70 years as an absolute monarch. Louis centralizied power and built the extravagant Palace of Versailles to symbolize his dominance. By the late 1600s, Louis had invaded neighboring lands and imposed harsh policies on French Protestants, alienating European powers. Several wars ensued, weakening France. Louis pursued further military campaigns until old age and illness forced his retirement. He recanted his bellicose policies on his deathbed in 1715, acknowledging his overindulgence in war had hurt France.

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Louis XIV became King of France at age 5 after his father's death. He reigned for over 70 years as an absolute monarch. Louis centralizied power and built the extravagant Palace of Versailles to symbolize his dominance. By the late 1600s, Louis had invaded neighboring lands and imposed harsh policies on French Protestants, alienating European powers. Several wars ensued, weakening France. Louis pursued further military campaigns until old age and illness forced his retirement. He recanted his bellicose policies on his deathbed in 1715, acknowledging his overindulgence in war had hurt France.

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Louis XIV: The Sun King (History Channel)

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1. Who was the first Bourbon King?

Henry the forth

2. What did he proclaim in 1598?

3. What was Louis XIII like?

He hated his wife

4. What was Louis XIVs nickname at his birth?

Louis

5. How old was he when he came to the throne?

Five years old

6. Who was appointed to be Louiss chief guide?

7. What physical sports did Louis XIV enjoy?

Riding horses, fencing, and playing in the royal garden

8. What were the uprisings called that upset Louis life in his teenage years?

Le fran

9. When Louis was 16 years old what happened at Rheims Cathedral?

He now King Louis


Louis XIV: The Sun King (History Channel)
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10. Which French dramatist wrote pieces for the king?

11. Who did Mazarin want Louis to marry?

A Spanish princess

12. Why?

To make peace with Spain

13. What did the queen think about Louis XIVs court?

14. When did Mazarin die?

1661

15. What did Louis decide at that point?

He doesnt make anyone first minister to replace Mazarin

16. Who was Minister of Finance?

Nicolas bewcay

17. What happened when he invited Louis to his country estate?

18. Why did Louis decide to build a palace at Versailles?


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To show his superiority

19. Where was Versailles?

Outside Paris

20. What was the financial implication of the building of the palace?

Billions of dollars

21. How big were the formal gardens?

22. How big was Louiss great army?

5,000

23. Whom did he attack first?

The Spanish

24. In 1665 who did Louis dress up as?

Apollo

25. What was Louis depicted as in the murals painted on the walls of the palace?

A demigod

26. Which nation did Louis envy because of its commercial success?

27. What was the result of the Dutch Wars?

28. Why did the nobles move to Versailles in the late 1680s?

it was going to be King Louiss place for government


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29. What important act happened in 1685?

The Protestants were revoked

30. What was the result?

It made the Protestants want vengeance

31. Why was Louis second wife hated by many?

She was a commoner

32. Which war erupted in 1701?

War of the Spanish succession

33. Who ganged up against France?

The Netherlands, German States, Roman Empire, England

34. What was the effect of the war on the peasants?

Frost, Crop failure, famine

35. What illness brought on Louis death?

Gangrene

36. What was Louis recantation on his death bed?

I have loved war too much

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