Enlightened Monarchs to second industrial rev

Question 1

1700s culture

Answer 1

• middle class more up to date w/ news and more literate(printing)
• new consumer items and emphasis on home life of middle class
• less Catholic art bc not based on religious patronage

Question 2

Enlightened absolutists

Answer 2

combine enlightenment thoughts in ways to try and make their state more powerful
- Catherine the Great of Russia, Joseph II of Austria, Fredrick II of Prussia

Question 3

Fredrick II reform

Answer 3

Prussia end to capital punishment

Question 4

Joseph II refrm

Answer 4

Austria
- lessens hardships on serfs
- religious toleration: helps centralize absolute power with less religious disputes
- Edictst of Toleration: Jews- less strong church means more power for him

Question 5

War of Austrian Succession

Answer 5

HRE Charles 6: pragmatic sanction lets his daughter inherit power
- France and Prussia try to gain Austria
- Many allies of Austria like Britian bc they fear French Balance of Powers
- Diplomatic revolution: reversal of alliances

Question 6

Seven years war

Answer 6

• Prussia allies w/ Britain
• Prussia defeats France + Austria (Diplomatic revolution)
• Fredrick preserves Prussian state