Nationalism and Absolutism. umm its about like "The Sun King" or LouisXVI and like all his acomplishments. Theis is appart of the causes of the WW1. if aby questions email me....

Nationalism and Absolutism The Sun King was on of the greatest Czars of France. A simile used to describe Louis XVI's Importance was "Just as the sun is the center of the solar system, Louis was the center of France's government." Jean Baptiste Colbert was the somber minister of France's finance. Mercantilism was one of Colbert's strongest beliefs and rescued France from its great weakness. A balance of trade was made and enabled France to …

…into warfare. The old king's life ended very sorrowfully. He became very sorry for his wars and intense taxes that caused great anguish he caused for Franc's people. In addition, there were also personal losses too. King Louis's only rightful son to inherit the throne died in 1711 and his favorite grandson as well not long after. Then he called for his five-year-old great-grandson and advised him to comfort the people, which unhappily he had not.