ENLIGHTMENT ABSOLUTISM

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• ABSOLUTSIM: ABSOLUTE MONARCHY– MEANING NOTHING IS ABOVE THE KING & QUEEN

• ABSOLUTE MONARCHS WANTED TO CENTRALIZE THEIR POLITICAL POWER

• EXAMPLES: LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE, CHARLES V & PHILIP II OF SPAIN, AND ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND

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• OCCURRED DURING THE 18TH CENTURY

• A PHASE IN PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE CENTERED ON THE IDEA OF REASON

• MAJOR IDEA: ALL PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY (NATURAL RIGHTS)

BELIEVED THAT GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE BASED ON THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE

LOCKE'S VIEWS INFLUENCED THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS (PEOPLE WANTED DEMOCRACY)