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France

Louis XIV (14)


Aka Sun King


Built Palace of Versailles


Ended religious freedom for Hueguenots (took back Edict of Nantes)

Prussia

Fredrick the Great


Built Prussian military - finest of all Europe


7 years war

Russia

Peter the Great


Built St. Petersburg


Westernization

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan :


Humans are by nature greedy & selfish. They need a strong centralized government for self-protection

John Locke

Two Treaties on Government : People are sovereign and consent to government for protection of natural rights to life, liberty, and property

Montesquieu

The Spirit of Laws :


The best for of government includes a seperation of powers (branches of gov)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract :


Government is a contract (agreement)