1. Enlight #8: Enlightened Despots
Divide government into groups with separate powers
Freedom of speech
Equality
Natural rights of life, liberty, and property
Absolute monarchy
Education leads to better opportunities
End death penalty
Rousseau
Voltaire
Locke
Wollstonecraft
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Beccaria

2. Due Dates: DUE FRI: #4 – Intro to Character (PR) MON: Quiz & Chart
#5 Answers to questions (Actor)
#6 Questions for other characters (Philosophe)
MON: Quiz & Chart
Wed: Le Grand Salon:
Must be here and prepared:
Prepared to speak – how to pronounce names
Content of your answers – Specific evidence & quotes from character
Analysis of your character’s views – does NOT just repeat my notes

3. Can you have a good dictator?

4. Serf Does a serf have equality?
Farm workers bound to the land & their masters
Lowest level of the feudal hierarchy
Does a serf have equality?

5. Enlightened Despots
Despots (dictators) who incorporated some of the Enlightenment ideals

6. Frederick the Great Prussia Reforms: Weaknesses: Religious freedom
Ended torture
Weaknesses:
Did not change social
classes or end serfdom

7. Joseph II Austria Reforms: Weaknesses:
Religious freedom for Protestants and Jews
Ended serfdom
Weaknesses:
All of this was undone after his death 

8. Catherine the Great Russia Power: Very well educated, well read
Overthrew her husband
Very well educated, well read
Corresponds with Diderot & Voltaire
Reforms:
Proposed freedom of religion and ending torture & serfdom
Russian lawmakers meet but do NOT agree to this proposal

9. Catherine the Great Weakness: Takes over other countries, like Poland
Crush a serf uprising and give support to nobles
Takes over other countries, like Poland
Encourages education & arts

10. Hmmm…. Answer on Left
How were enlightened despots different from other rulers (like Louis XIV, the Sun King)?
Who was the most enlightened (progressive) despot? Why?
Who was the most despotic (dictator-like)? Why?

11. Present for Le Grand Salon
Intro: Need a Hook to grab audience’s attention
Answering questions: include specific evidence and number it or organize in a way that is easy to follow (An absolute monarch is the best form of govt for 3 reasons. First, …)

12. What to do… Work on #4, 5 (in 1st person), or 6
MLA Format on Google Docs
Use in-text citations for quotes, statistics, or close paraphrasing
TEXTBOOK: (Beck, 166).
If you finish, help your philosophe w/questions
Do #7, 8, or 9 (divide up roles as a group)
Works Cited must include all resources given in class + at least one more additional source

13. Impact of the Enlightenment
Belief in progress: science & reason can lead to a better society
Secular (non-religious) outlook:
Importance of the Individual: no longer need a king to guide them