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Enlightened Despots

Enlightened Despots. Enlightened Despots. Absolute rulers who believed in enlightenment ideas and used their position to bring about social and political change. Russia. Russia Vocabulary. Czar- title of the ruler of the Russian Empire

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Enlightened Despots

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  1. Enlightened Despots

  2. Enlightened Despots • Absolute rulers who believed in enlightenment ideas and used their position to bring about social and political change

  3. Russia

  4. Russia Vocabulary • Czar- title of the ruler of the Russian Empire • Serf-in medieval Europe, peasant bound to the lord’s land • Westernization- adoption of western European ideas, technology, and culture

  5. Peter the Great 1682-1725 • Russia in the 1600s was untouched by the commercial revolution of western Europe • In 1682 Peter became the Czar of Russia and instituted a policy of westernization • Created an absolute monarch in Russia

  6. Catherine the Great 1762-1796 • Exchanged letters with Voltaire and Diderot • Proposed Enlightenment reforms

  7. Austria

  8. Maria Teresa 1740-1780 • First female Hapsburg ruler • Built an Absolute monarch in Austria • Forced nobles and clergy to pay taxes

  9. Joseph II 1780-1790 • Son of Maria Teresa • Most radical Enlightened Despot • Traveled in disguise to learn his people’s problems

  10. How Enlightened were Joseph and Catherine?

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