Absolutism and Enlightenment Review
1. What is Absolutism? Describe in full sentences and provide
examples.
2. What is divine right? Do Enlightenment thinkers believe in
Divine Right? Why or Why not?
3. Who was the absolute monarch of Russia and what did he
achieve? How?
4. Name two enlightenment Philosophers. What were their
ideas and how did they affect society?
5. What was the Scientific Revolution? What did it achieve?
6. How did Hobbes and Locke differ in terms of their beliefs on
mankind and government? Who do you agree with most?

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t