Relacionar Columnas The XVIIIth centuryVersión en línea Absolutism, Enlightenment and parliamentarism por Gehistart Artgeo 1 Estates of the real (society of estates) 2 Absolutism 3 Enlightened thinking 4 Enlightened despotism 5 Balance of powers 6 Trade: growth due to colonial expansion and increased demand 7 Manufactures: guilds and domestic system 8 Demography (high mortality and birth rate) Reforms in politics, society, economy and culture Egalitarian society; form of government with citizen participation; deism; physiocracy; instruction (education)