Quaestio:Was Peter’s absoluterule helpful or harmfulto Russia?

Nunc Agenda: Working with your partner, answer the questions on “Peter the Great: Absolute Monarchy in Russia” using the textbook.

AUTOCRAT

=ABSOLUTE RULER

Boyars = Russian Nobles

Russia to the1600s

862- Began as Viking settlement in Slavic lands1000s- Orthodox Christianity spreads from Byzantine Empire1200s- Mongols conquer Russia for about two centuries1400s- Mongols defeated, leaders from Moscow become Tsars1600s- Russia still behind Western Europe in technology and ideas

Peter The Great

Became the Tsar at 10Traveled to Western Europe to study government and technologyDisguised himself as a commoner to learn shipbuilding in the Netherlands and England (people knew though)Ruled as an autocratExpanded Russian territoryPut Church under control of the Tsar (him)

Peter The Great

Forced the Boyars to work for the government, shave their beards, and wear Western clothingForced Westernization on his countryFought the Ottomans to control Black Sea port but failedFought Sweden for Baltic port and lost five times before he WON!Built a new capital city called St Petersburg on the Blatic coast

Peter the Great DBQWork with a PARTNER to complete the DBQ questions for Peter the Great. TONIGHT you will write your two paragraphs based on these documents.