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 export more than import. Tariffs were placed by this miracle-working minister of finance. Louis revoked the Edict of Nantes and Huguenots were no long…
