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Cianci- Rowell
Enlightened Absolutism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who saw himself as the "First Servant of the State?" | Frederick the Great of Prussia |
| Frederick allowed what religious groups to settle in his predominatly Lutheran country? | Catholics and Jews |
| What was Frederick's objective in ordering a new codification of Prussian law? | It was to rationalizr the existing legal system and make it more efficient, eliminating regional peculiarities, reducing aristocratic influence, abolishing torture and limiting the number of capital crimes. |
| October 1781 | Joseph extended freedom of worship to Lutherans, Calvinists and the Greek Orthodox. |
| What were Joseph's main goals to reduce traditional and burdens on peasants? | To make them more productive and industrious farmers. |
| 1767 | Catherine the Great of Russia summoned a legislative commision to advise her on revising the law and government of Russia. |
| 1775 | Catherine reorganized local government to solve problems the legislative commission had brought to light. |
| 1769 | As a result of a mnor Russian incursion, the Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia. |
| The conflict dragged on until 1774 when what gave Russia a direct outlet on the Black Sea, free navigation rights in its waters, and free access through the Bosporus. | The Treat of Kuchuk-Kainardji |
| September 1772 | The helpless Polish aristicrats, paying the price for maintaining internal liberties at the expense of developing a strong central government, ratified this seizure of nearly 1/3 of Polish territory. |
| What clearly demonstrated that any nation without a strong monarchy, bureacracy, and army could no longer compete within the European state system. | The partition of Poland |
| Frederick the Great grew remote, leaving who to fill important military and admiinistrative posts? | The Aristocracy |
| In Austria, Joseph II's plans to restructure society and administration in his realms prvoked what? | Growning frustration and political unrest |
| Between 1773-1775 | Russia faced a peasant uprising, The Pugachev Rebellion and Catherine the Great never fully recovered from the fears of social and political upheaval that it raised. |
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