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Question | Answer |
Frederick The Great | He invited Voltaire to his court and sought his advice on how to be an enlightened ruler. He made Prussia the best ruled nation in Europe. |
Peter The Great | He was in charge of making Russia a part of Europe, and he provided a trade route with Western Europe. |
Catherine The Great | She was the wife of the russian czar Peter III. She read the words of Montesquieu and Voltaire, and imported Western culture to Russia. |
Maria Theresa | She think that Austria (the country she was ruling) was weak and began a series of reforms, she also limited the power of the catholic church. |
Joseph II | Furthered the reforms of his mother Maria Theresa. He introduced a single tax for everyone and reformed the educational and judicial system. After his death his brother Leopold II was forced to back away from these reforms. |
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