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Slide1
Reminders
Salon
sheet
due BLOCK
I will stamp your Enlightenment thinkers sheet today.
Salon – block day
Slide2Enlightened “Despots” (Absolutists): Monarchs who were inspired by Enlightenment ideals
Catherine the Great of Russia
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Joseph II of Austria
Slide3Essential Question: Discuss and Explain the ways in which the Enlightenment ushered in a new political age in 18th Century Europe
And what did these guys have to do with it?
Were they really so GREAT?
Slide4Assignment #5: Intro to Enlightened Despots Lecture and film clip
As you take notes…think about:
What policies did these monarchs have that could be perceived as Enlightened?
What connections can you make between the policies and specific thinkers?
What policies might be seen as “unenlightened”?
Slide5Frederick the Great
He has a palace too –
Sanssouci
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x304u5q
Slide6Joseph II of Austria – the unfortunate one
Rules: 1765-1790
Religious Toleration
Life of the Peasants
Social Reform
Failures of Rule
Slide7Catherine the Great: Enlightenment has its limits –
Pugachev
Rebellion
Slide8Wait…how did we get through this unit without learning about a bunch of confusing wars?
In AP Euro, you should have learned already there is NO WAY to get through a unit without learning about a bunch of confusing wars. (THAT IS A JOKE…kind of…)
As you listen to the mini lecture on the following wars…
THINK ABOUT:
Does the Enlightenment take any position about war? Why might these absolutists not see a conflict between their Enlightened ideals and their pursuit of territory and power?
Slide9War of Austrian Succession 1740-1748:Frederick’s power struggle with Austria
Prussia
wants territory from Austria
WHY? Balance of Power
Silesia
Maria Theresa
Slide107 Years War: the power struggle between Austria and Prussia ensnares the rest of Europe
Austria makes aggressive alliance with Russia and France to destroy Prussia
Prussia is an ally of England – France’s enemy
War ends for Prussia when Russia pulls out of war
Further impacts for France and England – loss of territory for France, England becomes dominant naval power.
Slide11Partition of Poland: How do Enlightened Despots make peace with each other? Destroy a weak nation and divide the territory