• Who is in the painting?

• What do you think is going on in the painting?

• What is the message of the painting? Why did the author paint this?

Between 1500 and 1800 a new kind of monarchs developed in Europe. They all had similar characteristics. Today we are

going to come up with a definition for this new kind of monarchy and give it a name.

Key Terms

• Monarchy-– King/Queen

• Legislature-– law making body, usually made up of representatives of

the people• Tsar-– title used to designate Russian monarch

• Checks and Balances– a system in which the different parts of a government

have powers that limit the power of other parts