Enlightenment absolutism 1

This empire was hard to rule, because it composed of many nationalities, languages, religions, and cultures

• Prussia

• Austria

He abolished serfdom and eliminated the death penalty

• Joseph II

• Empress Maria Theresa

She recognize the principle of equality of all people in the eyes of the law

• Catherine II

• Empress Maria Theresa

Name the ruler who sought truly radical changes based on Enlightenment ideas

• Joseph II

• Catherine II

• Frederick the Great

Describe the similarities between the reigns of Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia