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Wealthy

Wealthy. Peasants. Recent scholarship suggests that the enlightened despots of Europe More “enlightened” than “despotic” Represent a new type of monarchy that emerged in the eighteenth century Were affected little by enlightenment ideas

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Wealthy

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  1. Wealthy Peasants

  2. Recent scholarship suggests that the enlightened despots of Europe More “enlightened” than “despotic” Represent a new type of monarchy that emerged in the eighteenth century Were affected little by enlightenment ideas Had absolutely nothing do with pholosophes or their ideas Relished the opportunity to implement the ideas of the philosophes

  3. Revolutionary France Timeline

  4. Influence of America • Revolutionary ideals translate to France • “liberty, equality, fraternity!”

  5. XV • Inept, corrupt, couldn’t levy taxes – needed Parliament • As a result, abolishes parliament

  6. Madame de Pompadour

  7. Louis XVI • Reinstates parliament • Didn’t do anything to fix problems • People hate his wife, Marie Antoinette

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