History of Civ 102: Chapter 18

rights that come from God

Natural Rights

Prussia; rejected Christianity; Prussia emerges as a great power, but not an enlightened one (ENLIGHTENED DESPOT)

Frederick II

Austria; known as the model philosopher emperor; abolishes serfdom (ENLIGHTENED DESPOT)

Joseph II

Russia; she was a deist who had no respect for Christianity (ENLIGHTENED DESPOT)

Catherine The Great

stood up to Catherine the Great of Russia but got imprisoned for it

Arseny of Rostov

knows how to throw a party, but not a good king

Louis XV

last Stuart monarch

Queen Anne

started the Hanoverians line of kings

George I

became the first true prime minister of the Hanoverian line of kings

Robert Walpole

Queen of Austria; despises the ENLIGHTENMENT, but not against reforms

Maria Theresa

1)   Prussia/Britian vs. Austria/France/Russia

2)   Considered the first GLOBAL WAR

3)   Conflict in Europe

4)   War In India (British won)

5)   French and Indian War (most significant conflicts happened in North America)

6)   BRITIAN BECOMES COLONIAL WORLD POWER

The Seven Year’s War (1756-1763)

1)   Monarchy is dominate form of government

2)   The old order of the French Revolution

The Ancien Regime