Enlightenment Despots

1. Joseph II

1.1. Joseph pledged to achieve the common good

1.2. crowned holy roman emperor in 1764

1.3. radical programme reform

1.4. the tolerance Patent of 1781

2. France

2.1. Louis XVI

2.2. Lacked will power

2.3. tried to please everyone

2.4. ruled from 1774 - 1792

3. Russia

3.1. Catherine the great

3.1.1. 1762-1796

3.1.2. Reformed Russia's legal System

3.1.3. equal protection for everyone

3.1.4. Pursued westimized policies

3.1.5. encouraged trade

4. prussia

4.1. Fredrick the Great

4.1.1. 1740 - 1786

4.1.2. religious tolerance

4.1.3. practical freedom of the press

4.1.4. reformation of military and legal system