locate your group according to the number on your card…then locate your specific note sheet...
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Locate your group according to the number on your card…Then locate your specific note sheet according to the name on the back of your card.
If something big happened at school, how would people find out??? How does information spread??
BELLRINGER!!!
Objective: Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, monarchy, and absolutism.
ENLIGHTENMENT AND ABSOLUTE
MONARCHY
Until the 1700s, people in general had accepted the rule of absolute monarchs.
The exception was England, where, beginning in 1215 with the Magna Carta, the rights of the monarchy had been limited.
But even in England, society was divided into strict social classes.
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE
Some European rulers became interested in the ideas of the Enlightenment.
They understood the usefulness of these ideas and accepted them, at least to a limited degree.
None of the so-called enlightened despots was willing to relinquish any of his or her power to the people.
Their style of governing became known as enlightened absolutism.
ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS
Despots=Absolute Rulers
ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS
Had no intention of giving up any power
Changes made were motivated by two desiresThey wanted to make countries stronger
They wanted their own rule to be more effective
ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS
Definition1. a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
2. a slave. Synonyms
1. vassal, villein, peasant.
SERFS AND SERFDOM
Read and analyze your Enlightened Despot “blurb” on page 2 of the foldable.
ROUND ONE
Fill in the appropriate columns for your Enlightened Despot.Reform = ChangeEnlightenment Thinker/Idea
Do not write in the wrong section!!!
This is a jigsaw – you are responsible for your piece of the group puzzleDon’t be the weak link
ROUND TWO
We will start with Frederick and work our way down the table.
Teach the group!!!! Do not just sit there and pass around the paper.You are the expert!
You will have 4 minutes to teach each person. Work Efficiently!!
TEACHING ROUNDS
Take out your foldable from yesterday’s activity, as well as a piece of notebook paper...
Pass your foldable to the person on your right. We are going to quickly proof read the journal.
1. Write down one thing they did well2. Write down one thing they could improve (honest but respectful)
Pass back the foldables and review what your partner wrote.
BELL RINGER!!!
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Prussia
Late 1700s
Influenced by the works of Voltaire
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Undertook public works projects to put more land into cultivation and to introduce new crops
These reforms made the peasant farmers more prosperous and enriched Prussia.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Introduced civil service system into the Prussian government
By reorganizing the government according to principles of effi ciency and rationality, Frederick actually strengthened his own control over the government and the nation.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Granted many religious freedoms, reduced censorship, and improved education
Reformed the justice system and abolished the use of torture.
Which Enlightened thinkers are represented?
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Changes only went so farFor example, he believed serfdom was wrong, but he did nothing to end it since he needed the support of wealthy landowners (Nobles/Estates)
He never tried to change the existing social order
The main purpose of Frederick’s reforms was to make himself more powerful.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Russia
Late 1700s
Admired the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Formed a commission to review Russia’s laws
Proposal for reforms based on the ideas of Montesquieu and Beccaria.
Among the changes, she recommended allowing religious toleration and abolishing torture and capital punishment.
Her commission, however, accomplished none of these lofty goals
CATHERINE THE GREAT
When she first came to the throne, she had hoped to free the serfs
What happened that caused Catherine to change her mind on freeing the serfs?
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Most Radical
JOSEPH II
Austria
Late 1700s.
Began wide-ranging program of social, economic, and religious reforms based on Enlightenment ideas.
JOSEPH II
Ended serfdom(Most Radical Idea)
Attempted to diminish the power of the nobles and the Roman Catholic Church
JOSEPH II
Legal Reforms
Freedom of press
Supported freedom of worship
What Enlightenment Thinkers????
JOSEPH II
The nobles and church firmly resisted these changes.
Unfortunately, only a few of his reforms continued after his death. (Serfdom Re-Instated)
JOSEPH II
In the end, the ideals of the enlightenment proved to be incompatible with the realities of absolute rule.
ENLIGHTENED DESPOTS
On your blank sheet of notebook paper… Write your name at the far top right. In the left margin, write and number the words:
1. Scientific Revolution2. Heliocentric Theory3. Age of Enlightenment4. John Locke5. Montesquieu6. Beccaria7. Enlightened Despots
Compose a quick essay using each of these words, but…………………..
PARTNER QUICK WRITE
You will not be able to keep your own paper the entire time.
You will pass the papers to the left on the sound of the bell
You will have more time to write with each round.
Cross out the words as they are used.
PARTNER QUICK WRITE