Crash Course European History: Enlightened Monarchs

The video explores the impact of Enlightenment ideas on European monarchs, focusing on figures like Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, and Joseph II. It discusses how these rulers adopted Enlightenment principles to varying degrees, often balancing reform with maintaining power. The video also highlights the challenges and contradictions faced by these monarchs, such as the tension between promoting education and consolidating aristocratic privileges. Ultimately, the Enlightenment spurred significant changes, but also resistance, leading to social unrest and eventual revolutions.

What did Catherine the Great offer to print in Russia when it was censored in France?

• Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws

• Diderot’s Encyclopedia

• Rousseau's Social Contract

• Voltaire's Letters

Which Enlightenment philosopher published 'The Spirit of Laws' in 1748?

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Diderot

What type of government did Montesquieu believe was suitable for very small states?

• Monarchies

• Oligarchies

• Democracies

• Despotism

What did Frederick the Great of Prussia collect, similar to his friend Voltaire?

• Ancient manuscripts

• Chinese porcelain

• European paintings

• Exotic animals

Which opera did Frederick the Great write that praised religious toleration?

• Don Giovanni

• The Marriage of Figaro

• The Magic Flute

• Monteczuma

What was one of Catherine the Great's contributions to education in Russia?

• Founding schools for girls

• Building technical institutes

• Establishing universities

• Creating public libraries

Which monarch deployed soldiers to renumber urban housing addresses in 1770?

• Catherine the Great

• Frederick the Great

• Maria Theresa

• Joseph II

Who announced the emancipation of the Jews in the Habsburg Empire?

• Frederick the Great

• Joseph II

• Louis XV

• Maria Theresa

What was one of the main goals of the Bourbon reforms in Spain?

• To increase military power

• To enhance revenue collection

• To expand the empire

• To promote religious unity

What was a common reaction to Enlightenment reforms among urban people?

• Increased support for the monarchy

• Protests due to rising prices

• Greater political engagement

• Migration to rural areas