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18th Century
Vocab1 Monarchs War Enlightenment Average Life
100Q. What are Natural Rights?
A: Inalterable priveledges that ought not to be witheld from any person
200Q. What is enlightened absolutism
A. When a ruler follows the advice of philosophes and rules by using enlightened
principles
400Q. What is reason of state?
A. The basis that a ruler takes interest in the long term future of their state
500Q. What is the cottage system?
A. A system where entrepreneurs sold wool and flax to rural workers to spin into clothes and
yarn.
100Q. What characterized the 18th century British
political system?
A. A balance of power between the king and parliament with parliament having the upper
hand
400Q. Pugachev’s failed rebellion led Catherine the
Great to do what?
A. Repress the peasants even more
500Q. What is the Pragmatic Sanction and was it
successful?
A. Charles VI made European powers promise to recognize his daughter Maria Theresa as his
successor. However, once he died they ignored it.
500Q. Though there was an increase in armies,
there was not an increase in ____
A. Destruction of warfare
100Q. What three monarchs were known for
enlightened absolutism?
A. Frederick II of Prussia, Catherine the Great of Russia, and Joseph II of Austria
200Q. Catherine the Great’s Charter of Nobility
formalized what rights?
A. Right to trial by peers and exemption from personal taxation and corporal punishment
300Q. What is primogeniture and how did the
enlightenment affect it?
A. The practice of treating the firstborn son as the favorite. After the enlightenment, it
started to become less practiced.
400Q. Among working class families the
contribution of women and children were what?
A. Crucial to family economy