Given the social and economic crises in the 17th century, people were looking for stability in their governments. Louis XIV, Frederick William, and other monarchs used the situation to increase their authority and power. On the other hand, in England, the Puritans overthrew Charles I and declared a republic. Eventually, England did return to a monarchy, but with limited powers. Looking at the following segments about the differences between the English and European experience • Charles I and Civil War • Cromwell and the Puritans • The Rise of Russia’s Czar • Peter the Great’s Reform of Russia • Russia’s Versailles • Frederick the Great and the Enigma of Prussia Absolute Monarchy Identify and discuss factors that led to a different solution to the monarchy question in England, as opposed to the continent. Why do you think that limited monarchy was not an option in France and Central Europe?