AP European History / Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism

3.1 Contextualizing State Building

3 practice questions

Notes

In the 1600s–1700s, states became stronger in two ways: absolutism (France, Prussia, Russia) and constitutionalism (England, the Dutch Republic). Both built bureaucracies and armies.

Practice

Absolutism means:

Constitutionalism developed most strongly in:

Both absolute and constitutional states built:

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