King Louis xiv

pacify and subjugate the nobles

• Built palace of versailles
• relocated nobles to versailles to keep an eye on them
• used entertainment, ceremony, and etiquette to occupy nobles
• never called a estates general meeting

centralzed authority

• versailles = everything(other countries copied versailles)
• wanted complete ruling of france
• no chief minister
• personal role in council decisions

make more money

• colbert reformed the tax system
• inheritance of flanders and the franche-ComtÈ
• mercantilism

make more war

• marquis de louvois as secretary of war
• professional army
• standardized uniforms and weapons
• promotions based on rank not money
• expand france

dominate the cultural scene

• patron of the arts, science, and philosophy
• french culture boomed
• french language became prestigious

make religion work for you

• louis xiv = catholic
• revoked edict of nantes
• persecution of huguenots

build something worthy of your glory

• versailles
• best palace in europe
• extravagant, magnificent, grandor
• expensive
• many other countries tried to out do versailles