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B356 Enlightenment and Setllement
B356 Enlightenment and Setllement
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History
Undergraduate 3
04/30/2011

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Term
Estates
Definition
• Membership in First (even sometimes in Second) Estate was God’s will, born into it
positions can be bought to enter the Second, First Estate
Term
• Sword Nobility 
• Robe Nobility
Definition
Old Nobility
newer nobility
Term
Third Estate
Definition
professions "med, law, farmers, butchers, to manual laborers
Term
Elightment Thinkers and thoughts
Definition
• Voltaire and Rousseau hated each other
• A questioning attitude that thinks the human can solve problems
• Can build on what has happened in the past
Term
• Who supported the philosophes
Definition
• Voltaire  Frederick II (The Great), King of Prussia
• Diderot  Catherine II (The Great), Empress of Russia
• Turgot  Louis XVI, King of France
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