THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Frederick the Great
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Catherine the Great
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Joseph II
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George III
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Voltaire realized that Catherine would keep her hold on the throne, he changed his attitude towards her, and he started to see her as an enlightened monarch. He believed she would revolutionize Russia by applying the principles he popularized: rule of law, justice, and tolerance.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Voltaire participated in a campaign to protect Catherine’s reputation…he wrote pamphlets in support of her policies… [and] published her pronouncements in the western press, ".
Detailed explanation-3: -Inspired largely by the writings of the French philosopher Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de, she oversaw the formulation of the “Instruction, ” a document to guide those entrusted with sweeping legal reform, and delineating her notion of the ideal government for Russia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Known as Catherine the Great, she was the longest-reining empress of Russia. Catherine’s greatest accomplishments include establishing educational reform, championing the arts, and extending Russia’s borders in the largest territorial gain since Ivan the Terrible.