enlightened despotism

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Frederick the Great Image: Federico+El+Grande (binary/octet-stream)	Government as king in Prussia, eliminated torture of criminals, improved the educational system, allowed his subjects to believe in whatever they wanted, was an enlightened ruler.
Peter the Great Image: Pedro+El+Grande (binary/octet-stream)	He was from Russia, he was an enlightened despot since he never tried to justify anything, but he tried to make Russia part of Europe, he ordered all his male subjects to shave, he took control of the church
Catherine the Great Image: Catalina+La+Grande (binary/octet-stream)	ruled in Russia from 1762 to 1769, was the German wife of the Russian Tsar, reviewed and decoded Russian law, sponsored the arts, and founded hospitals
Maria Theresa Image: Maria+Teresa (binary/octet-stream)	He ruled in Australia, when he inherited the throne he realized that Australia was weak, and he established a national army, took power away from the Catholic Church and improved the education system
Joseph II Image: Jose+Ii (binary/octet-stream)	He ruled from 1780 to 1790, got rid of serfdom and introduced single taxes for all, granted religious tolerance, removed some restrictions for Jews and was the son of Maria Theresa

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