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Enlightenment (Cause of the Enlightenment (Emergence of a Print Culture…
Enlightenment
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Enlightened Absolutists
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Joseph II (Austria)
Practiced Catholic, but favored a policy of toleration - Gave Jews some rights
Gave peasants a lot of freedom
Lost Poland, Bavaria, and the Ottoman Empire
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Politics
Montesquieu
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Division of Powers
Executive power resided inking, legislative power in parliament, individual power in courts
Rosseau
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The Social Contract
Outlined a political structure that he believed would overcome the evils of contemporary politics and safety
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Economics
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Adam Smith
Laissez-faire: Economic thought and policy, which favors a limited role for the government in economic life - Believed that the best economic system would include schools, armies, navies, and roads
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The Enclyclopedia
Written by Denis Diderot
wrote about religion, sciences, arts, trades, political improvements
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