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Ancien Régime, The Enlightenment - Coggle Diagram
Ancien Régime
Economy
Agriculture
Crafts
Trade
Politics
Parliamentary monarchy (GB)
Absolute monarchy
Society
Estates of the realm
Nobility
Third estate
Bourgeoisie
Peasantry
Clergy
The Enlightenment
Enlightened despotism
Combines absolute monarchy with Enlightenment ideas
They defended the revalorisation of work
Education
They had control over the Church
They appointed enlightened thinkers to important positions
Everything for the people but without the people
Centralised governments
Main principles
Reason
Equality and liberty
Nature
Happiness
Learning and teaching
Progress
Society
Bourgeoisie
Inspired by Enlightenment
Peasants
Situation didn't improve
Clergy and nobility
Limited
Economy
Crafts
Royal manufacturers
Domestic system
Trade
International trade
Intensified
Triangular trade route
Africa
America
Europe
Domestic trade
Agriculture
Crop rotation
Improved agricultural machinery
Art
Rococo
Sculpture
Small, mythological
Painting
Pastel colors
Architecture
Really decorated
Neoclassicism
Sculpture
Made of marble
Painting
Idealized people
Architecture
Classical elements
Criticisms and proposals
Politics
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire