1. Main Currents of Thought…
The Enlightenment
Setting…
Main Currents of Thought…
Application of Ideas…

2. The Philosophes Definition… Montesquieu… Voltaire… Rousseau
One of the greatest…
The Spirit of the Laws (1734)…
Voltaire…
Fought father on career and love…
Candide (1758)…
Rousseau
Lousy upbringing makes him bitter…
Arts & Sciences (1750)..
Social Contract (1762)..

3. The Enlightened Despots
Definition…
In France…
Louis XV…
Louis XVI….
In Austria…
Maria Theresa…
Joseph II…
Leopold…

4. More Enlightened Despots
In Prussia…
Frederick the Great…
In Russia…
Catherine the Great…

5. The Enlightenment, England and the Colonies…
British Reform Movement…
Wilkes, Cartwright, Burke…
The American Revolution…
Ideas…
Actions…
Significance…