Absolute Monarchy - Leighton Luther

          Frederick II or Frederick the Great was known to be a famous German ruler and spent a lot of time with his military. Although he was big on military, his main focus after he became leader of Prussia was to expand it majorly and to reform. He saw his first way to impact the expansion by making an invasion on Austria, which then led to a treaty which he did not like. His military mind mind is what really started this whole expansion into a bigger country. He made Prussia one of the best European Countries by giving the princes a place in the governmental bureaucracy. Another big impact that he had on Prussia to make it a better place for all of his people. He was an absolute monarch because he made his laws of what the people should be able to do and what they should not be able to do. He made torturing disappear and death sentences unless he approved them which made him and absolute monarch. When he enforced general education rules across Prussia he really changed and turned it in to one of the strongest European countries. It did not just shape Prussia, but also left it to the next ruler who shaped Germany. 

          Louis XIV became king after his father died. He inherited a very powerful country. He wanted it to stay that way by being an absolute monarch, which he did first by keeping his military well trained and made  his empire by invading to gain more control of land. Louis wanted to gain control over the Spanish Netherlands. He did end up making small victories over places that can be called good places, however the Dutch always wanted to make an alliance on the power and equality of Europe. Louis was head of a Catholic Church in France which had people called Huguenots. Louis made them change to Catholicism or he would send them to jail. 

          Phillip II was a very demanding head of Spain. He was eager to make things his way and soon began to change Spain. Phillip at one point was ordering murders. He developed a system for himself and his absolute monarchy, it was a regional self government system. Phillip sent Alva to the the Netherlands to start the revolt there and it did not succeed, so he sent another force over there to take of that land. When Phillip started ordering murders he passed it on to other people and became an impact on other people. A man named Antonio Perez started using the murder to kill political opponents so Phillip had to order an arrest and put him in jail.  

          Ivan IV of Russia was also known as Ivan "The Terrible." He got this name by killing own son because his country , Russia lost a war. He made a poor decision because after he killed his son he could only make his son who was mentally handicapped to be king. Not only did he kill his son, but he even made his wife have a miscarriage by beating her while she was pregnant. Ivan did this because he thought his wife was wearing ugly clothes. He was then executed by many clans for his actions upon his family. He was crowned the Tsar of Russia because know one else took over. He built the St. Basil Cathedral and conquered vast territories to make Russia a very good place for years to come. As you can tell he was absolute monarch because did at one point have complete control over his people.

          Akbar the Great was one of the greatest known emperors of the Mughal empire. He kept the Mughal empire up and running all over the Indian sub continent. Akbar had to do a lot of work to keep up his empire like centralizing the financial system and reorganized tax selection processing. He was an absolute monarch in many ways, but we knew this because he was the one who told his people what religion to practice. Akbar created a powerful army and instituted social reforms. By lowering these taxes her earned the loyalty and trust for the emperor to do this. He really helped the Hindus by lowering the taxes, participating in festivals, and realized that it brought his empire stronger than ever. His military got stronger and stronger over longer periods of time with a leader that put lots of time in to train them. He tried to bring many other holy men and poets to him and start changing them to Hindus. Akbar really loved helping his people and telling them what do because he had control over them. He was the kind of ruler that helped his people out with the power that he had. He did not use it to be cruel.