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Explain the following term: Encyclopaedia

Encyclopaedia: reasoned dictionary that intended to be a summary of the knowledge of the time.

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How many estates were there in the Old Regime?

There were three estates in the Old Regime: nobility, clergy and commoners.

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Explain why the following have become historical figures: Charles III

Charles III: king of Spain 1759-1788, enlightened monarch who carried out a reformist policy.

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Explain the following term: the Nueva Planta decrees

Decrees which abolished the charters and institutions of the Crown of Aragón.

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Summarise the main ideas of the Enlightenment.

Reason should be applied to all areas of life; natural rights belong to all human beings; knowledge is the key to happiness and tolerance is basis of coexistenc

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Match the following statements to a political system: b) ‘I am the state’.

Absolutism

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Match the following statements to a political system: c) ‘Sovereignty essentially consists of the general will of the people’.

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Match the following statements to a political system: a) ‘All for the people, without the people’

Enlightened despotism.

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Explain the following term: guild

A guild was an association that regulated the work of artisans in the same trade.

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Explain the following term: Enlightened despotism:

Form of government in which the king works to bring happiness to his subjects

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Which European territories did Spain lose after the War of the Spanish Succession? Which countries gained those territories?

Great Britain received Gibraltar and Menorca, Austria received Spanish territory in Flanders and Italy.

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Explain the following term: Absolutism

Absolutism was the system of government in many parts of 18th-century Europe, in which the monarchs held full legislative, executive and judicial powers.

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