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Enlighten Despots?
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Can you have an Enlightened Absolute
Ruler?
Frederick the Great (1740-1786)
Prussia
 “Friend of Voltaire”
 “First Servant of the State”
 changes
 Powerful army
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Catherine the Great (1729-1796)
1762 came to the throne as Tsarina
 Corresponded with philosophes
 Enlarged the empire 1768-1774:
Russo-Turkish War.
 Made only minor reforms
 Pugachev Rebellion 1771-1775
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– Partioned Poland 1772, 1793,1795
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Scared by the French Revolution
Catherine the Great (r. 1762-1796)
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Catherine II
The Partitions of Poland
- 1772
- 1793
- 1795
Russian Expansionism in the Late 18c
Joseph II (1780-1790)
Austrian Hapsburg
 Mother was Maria Theresa
 Reforms
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– Freedom of worship
– Freedom of the press
– Abolished serfdom
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
1772: First partition of Poland.
1778-1779: He failed to annex Bavaria to
Austrian lands.
1781: Declared the Toleration Patent.
1781: Abolition of serfdom and
feudal dues.
1785: He failed to exchange the Austria
Netherlands for Bavaria.
1787-1792: Aus. joined Rus. in the RussoTurkish War, but little was gained.
1795: Third partition of Poland.
Enlightened Wars?
War of Austrian Succession 17401748
Prussia vs. Austria
 Maria Theresa and Frederick the Great
 Hungarian Magyars
 Silesia
 French and British get involved: Walpole
and Fleury
 Treaty of Aix-la Chapelle 1748
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7 Years War 1756-1763
 1st
World War
 French and Indian War
 Austria, France, Russia vs. Britain and
Prussia
 Russia makes peace
 William Pitt the Elder
 Britain wins- North America and India
 Treaty of Paris 1763
American Revolution 1775-1783
George III ( 1760-1820)
 Boston Massacre 1770
 Series of Taxes- 1765 Stamp Act
 Boston Tea Party 1773
 Intolerable Acts
 Continental Congress 1774
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Lexington and Concorde 1775
 George Washington
 Thomas Paine- Common Sense
 1776 Declaration of Independence
 French 1778 and who else?
 Yorktown 1781
 1783 Treaty of Paris
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usa? USA!
Articles of Confederation
 Shays Rebellion 1786-1787
 Constitutional Convention 1787
 Madison
 Bill of Rights
 1789 New Government
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