18th century Prussia:Fredrick the great: Best warrior, first class musician, built the Berlin Opera House, abolishes torture, invites Voltaire to come live in his palace, and fell in love with a his tutor.
ÃÂI am the first servant of the stateÃÂ.
He led the war of Austrian succession against Maria Theresa (for Silesia).
He was an enlightened despot ( an absolutist you incorporates the teachings of the enlightment).
18th century Russia:-Elizabeth I: Peter the greats daughter. She led the ÃÂcult of happinessÃÂ. He loved poetry, arts , and individual beauty. She had many lovers, but no husband.
She took part in the Seven YearÃÂs War- first world war. Took place in America, Europe and India.
-Catherine the Great ( 1761-1790ÃÂs): German, highly influenced y the enlightenment, the country spread lies about her to make her look extremely cruel, dressed like a man, became czar by killing her husband, expands Russia to the black sea ( warm water port), cleans up the law, gets rid of torture (Beccaria), wants democracy but is convinced that the peasantÃÂs canÃÂt handle it.
The National Assembly taking the Tennis Court Oath...
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RussiaPaguchev Revolt- Ivan Pugachev. Claims to be CatherineÃÂs reincarnated husband and convinces peasants to fight for freedom by leading them to Moscow. Catherine crushes them, and her thoughts on their inability to handle freedom is confirmed.
-Maria Teresa: ÃÂMother of the EmpireÃÂ, Austrian, sixteen children, married for love, marriedoff all her kids diplomatically, and pulls the empire together.
Responsible for the loss of Silesia, but at least convinces Fredrick to agree to the pragmaticSanction which made her a more legitimate ruler.
-Joseph II: ÃÂMost Enlightened RulerÃÂ, Hapsburg, abolishes torture in Russia, frees the serfs, pays peasants, abolishes monasteries, made homes for the deaf and blind, made street lights, decreed 6,000 laws in 10 years, made it illegal to discriminate against protestants and...
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I'm sorry, but I do not agree with you, ex lawyer. I mean, are you that ignorant and blind where you cannot look at the title of this piece. It say BRIEF NOTES. The author of this never claimed it to be an essay. I found this extremely useful for my history paper. I was able to get a great look at the events that led to the French Revolution. I was even able to get quite a few participation points in my class for answering the professors lecture questions. Thank you, exlawyer for proving that people can be so quick to judge others, before they look at ALL THE FACTS, and thank you to the author. You helped me quite a bit in class this past week due to this "crude set of notes".
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