Under the reign of Louis XIV, the government in France was a/an A. dictatorship. B. absolute monarchy. C. direct democracy. D. representative democracy.

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Under the reign of Louis XIV, the government in France was a/an A. dictatorship. B. absolute monarchy. C. direct democracy. D. representative democracy.

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Under the reign of Louis XIV, the government in France was an B) absolute monarch. Louis XIV is often viewed as a historical example of an absolute monarchy. An absolute monarchy is one in which all of the power of the monarchy is vested in the King. In this case all of the power of the Kingdom was vested in Louis XIV who ruled for decades in France.