Enlightened Despots

1. Joseph ll

1.1. son of Maria Theresa

1.2. Most Radical Despot

1.2.1. traveled among subjects to learn of problems

1.2.2. modernize Austria

1.2.3. religious equality

1.2.3.1. jewish

1.2.3.2. Protestant

1.2.4. abolished Serfdom

2. Maria Theresa

2.1. Improved peasants way of life

2.2. questioned as true enlightened Despot

3. Frederick ll

3.1. king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786

3.1.1. invited several of french intellectuals to Prussia

3.1.2. Reduced use of torture

3.1.3. Free Press

3.1.4. making Prussia more efficient

3.1.5. tolerated religious differences

4. Catherine the Great

4.1. empress of Russia

4.1.1. believed in Equality and liberty

4.1.2. 1762

4.1.3. abolished torture

4.1.4. established religious tolerance