This lesson contains 10 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
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§4.3: Absolutism and the Enlightenment (P1)
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Exercise 1: Put the following terms in
the correct place in the table.
Divine right of kings - Voltaire - Mercantilism - Versailles - Rational optimism - Louis XIV -
Trias Politica - Free market
economy - salon -
absolute monarchy
Absolutism
Enlightenment
1.
a.
2.
b.
3.
c.
4.
d.
5.
e.
timer
2:30
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Correct answers
Divine right of kings - Voltaire - Mercantilism - Versailles - Rational optimism - Louis XIV - Trias Politica - Free market economy - salon - absolute monarchy
Absolutism
Enlightenment
1. Divine right of kings
a. Voltaire
2. Mercantilism
b. Rational optimism
3. Versailles
c. Trias Politica
4. Louis XIV
d. Free market economy
5. absolute monarchy
e. Salon
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Exercise 2: Which key term fits best with each of the three sources?
Source 1 (above)
Source 3 (left)
Source 2 (left)
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Learning goal
What was the estates system and enlightened absolutism?
Write the learning goals down in your notebook!
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Estates system
Theestates systemin medieval Europe restricted social mobility, preventing movement between the clergy, nobility, and commoners, who faced heavy burdens and taxes (= lasten en belastingen).
The estates system (standensamenleving):
1. King (koning)
2. First Estate - clergy (geestelijken)
3. Second Estate - nobles (adel)
4. Third Estate - commoners (gewone mensen)
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A different kind of
absolute ruler
Many rulers, influenced by the Enlightenment, practised enlightened absolutism, acting in the people's interest
(e.g. education and basic human rights)😊 while maintaining absolute power😔. Some examples of these rulers are Frederick II, Catherine II, and Charles III.
"I am the first servant of the state." - Frederick II of Prussia
''I believe that the welfare of the people is the first duty of the sovereign."
Lesson duration is: 45 min
