PPT-2011 Examining an Enlightened Despot: Catherine the Great

Reminder Louis XIV Historical Postcard due on Wednesday October 5 2011 Date your papers Block Days Thursday September 22 and Friday September 23 2011 Monday September 26 2011 Tuesday September 27 2011. 16. th. – 18. th. Centuries. 1500s – 1700s. What is absolutism?. Absolutism is a form of government in which the monarch has total control.. When did absolutism develop in Europe?. 16. th. through 18. 6.5. PETS. Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, Joseph II, enlightened despotism. Who are they?. Enlightened Despots . – absolute rulers who rule with the good of the people in mind. They still believed that people could not rule themselves. If something big happened at school, how would people find out??? How does information spread??. Bellringer. !!!. Objective: Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, monarchy, and absolutism.. The Enlightened Despots. A group of rulers in central and eastern Europe. Favorable reaction to Enlightenment. Some freedom, but they’re still in charge. “Absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change”. The Eighteenth Century:. European States, International Wars, and Social Change. Overall Trends. 18. th. century = 1715-1789 (end of Louis XIV to French Revolution) . This also is the Enlightenment. . Enlightened Absolutism. Overview. Philosophes. believed in natural rights. Equality before the law. Freedom of religious worship. Freedom of speech and press. Right to assemble. Right to hold property. Enlightened Absolutism. Overview. Philosophes. believed in natural rights. Equality before the law. Freedom of religious worship. Freedom of speech and press. Right to assemble. Right to hold property. Enlightenment and Absolute monarchy. Until the 1700s, people in general had accepted the rule of absolute monarchs.. The exception was England, where, beginning in 1215 with the Magna . Carta. , the rights of the monarchy had been limited.. folder. . alone. !. Objective:. I can prove that Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, monarchy, and absolutism.. Enlightenment and Absolute monarchy. Until the 1700s, people in general had accepted the rule of absolute monarchs.. Case study: Catherine II (the Great). . of Russia (r. 1762-96). Catherine . the Great:. German Princess Sophie. 1745 Married to Peter Romanov. 1762 Peter becomes . tsar. . Peter III, but. . deposed. Catherine installed. Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, Joseph II, enlightened despotism. Evaluating . “. Enlightened Absolutism. ”. To what extent did Enlightenment ideas influence monarchs of the time?. Is . Chapter 5 section 2. Define the terms below:. Censorship. Salon. Enlightened despot. Baroque. R. ococo. Enlightenment Ideas Spread . Read Setting the Scene on page 149 as well as the Global Connections section. A.P. Euro. What is Enlightened Despotism?. . Enlightened despotism (or enlightened absolutism) is when an absolute monarch is influence by the Enlightenment and uses its principles to govern their people. . Part II. Ch. 17 Part II. Enlightened Absolutism. -Frederick the Great of Prussia . -Catherine The Great of Russia . -Joseph . II of Austria. Enlightened Absolutist. Absolutists in the 18. th. century attempted to apply the principles of the Enlightenment in their kingdoms.