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