AP Euro ch. 20
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World History [1]
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ap euro [10]
Chapter 20 IDs Estates: They were representative assemblies that were composed of three houses: the clergy, the nobility, and the townsmen. Enlightened Despots: Enlightened absolutism is used to describe the Prussian and Habsburg monarchies of the eighteenth century. They embraced ideas that they were there to serve the state. Catherine the Great: The Despot of Russia at the age of enlightened monarchs. She announced a new experiment in 1767 in the direction of representative government. Catherine convened a Legislative Commission, a body of delegates from various strata of Russian society who were invited to present grievances, propose reforms, and then debate the proposals. ?