Blog 11/11
- Pugachev rebellion
- Made Catherine realize there needs to be a limit on the amount of power the people have
- importance of Pugachev rebellion
- Catherine realized she needed to be more absolutists → no more middle ground
- Enlightened absolutism
- Serfdom was in all 3 countries
- Pragmatic Sanction- nobody could split the Habsburg lands when Maria Theresa ascends to the throne
- Austria- Joseph tried to give some power back to the serfs but they didn’t have any money to support themselves and pay the nobles to use the land
- Frederick the Great
- Took over Maria Theresa (who was mad) land
- She allied with France and it led to the 7 years war
- Peter 3rd took control in Russia and got along with Frederick
- Followed up with China for the enlightened thought
- The Allegory of the Cave
- The people chained to the wall are not enlightened
- Rank of enlightened absolutists
enlightened
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Enlightened absolutists
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absolutist
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1) Russia- Catherine the great tried to give power to serfs, she brought arts and other enlightenment ideals into Russia
| Prussia |
1) Austria- under Maria, she tried to reform
she reduced the power of the lords over their serfs
She reduced the power of others under her increase her power
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2) Prussia
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2 Russia
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3) Austria
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3 Prussia
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