Bell ringer  Enlightened Absolutism  Federal System I Can … Explain How monarchs in Europe (Enlightened Absolutism) and the American Revolution made Enlightenment ideas into law.

Enlightened Absolutism  Philosophes believed in natural rights.  Equality before the law; freedom of religious worship; freedom of speech; freedom of press; right to assemble, hold property, and pursue happiness.  To preserve these rights people needed to be governed by enlightened rulers. ( Enlightened Absolutism)

Frederick the Great  Monarch of Prussia ( )  Well versed in Enlightenment ideals  Abolished use of torture, granted limited freedom of speech and press, granted some religious toleration  Kept system of serfdom

Catherine the Great  Monarch of Russia ( )  Seemed to favor reform  Did not enact any Enlightenment reforms  Expanded serfdom to new territories

Joseph II  Austrian Monarch  Believed need to sweep away anything that stood in way of reason  Abolished serfdom, eliminated slavery, enacted religious toleration  Most everything he did, failed and was overturned upon his death

Numbered Heads #1  What were natural rights for all people according to the Philosophes of the 18th century?

Workbook  Partner Activity-  Ch. 17 Sec. 4 pgs (15 Mins)

American Revolution  Britain wanted to raises taxes in the colonies to pay for the Seven Years War  Second Continental Congress approves the Declaration of Independence.  Great Britain- wealthy and strong military  Colonies- untrained amateur soldiers  Other nations seeking revenge on Great Britain allied with the colonies, supplied arms, money and soldiers. Treaty of Paris ended the war, gave Americans control of territory from Appalachian Mts. To Mississippi

Causes: Taxes  Sugar Act First attempt to collect taxes, duties on sugar and molasses  Stamp Act tax placed on legal documents and newspapers. Used money collected to pay for war and colonies’ defenses  Townsend Act tax on tea, lead, paint and glass, money used to pay royal governors. “ No taxation without representation.”

Major Events:  Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775 first shots fired.  July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence  Yorktown General Cornwallis surrenders to the American and French forces.  Treaty of Paris British end the war, American independence is recognized

The United States Constitution  The Constitution of the United States of America established a federal system of government based on power shared between the national and state governments.

Bill of Rights  The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America  Guaranteed:  Freedom of religion  Freedom of Speech  Freedom of Press  Freedom to Petition  Freedom to Assemble  The right to bear arms  To be protected against unreasonable searches and arrests  Guaranteed trail by jury  Due process  Protection of property

Numbered Heads #2  What were the causes and major events of the American Revolution?

Written Summarization (Closure)  How did monarchs in Europe (Enlightened Absolutism) and the American Revolution make Enlightenment ideas into law?