Wynter Ransom

LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE

MAP OF FRANCE

PRIMARY SOURCE

“It is legal because I wish it.” 1643-1715

INTERPRETATION • Louis thinks because he is the king what ever he says goes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Social: He built fortresses around the country that kept France's

borders inviolate (safe) for a century.• Economic: He reduced population pressure in France by the

bloodletting in his endless wars. Louis's desire for power led to a series of wars that lasted for many years and extended the boundaries of France

• Political: By these means he became one of French history's most powerful monarchs and consolidated a system of absolute power rule in France that endured until the French Revolution.

• He protected his people and that made him a great king.

LOUIS THE 14TH BUILT THE “VERSAILLES PALACE” FOR ALL OF THE POLITICAL DECISIONS, PASS LAWS AND TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THE MOBS OF PARIS.

SOURCES• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/louis_xiv.html

• ttp://edtech2.boisestate.edu/lockwoodm/FrenchRev/louis_xiv.htm

• ://en.wikipedia.orghttp/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France