[HIST 2270] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (33 pages long!)

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Didn"t necessarily mean money - could be not having to pay taxes, etc. Privilege meant anything in the law that gives or takes away a groups rights. Women not having the privilege to vote (bad) Few to no universal rights or citizenship. The more south in europe (i. e. ottoman empire), the less universal rights/citizenship. Catholic church is privileged: tax exemptions and free land. Had immense power over politics and society. Aristocrats: can own men/women, they have the right to have a jury of their peers judge them. Eastern parts of europe had an abundance of serfs. Pre-french revolution: dutch republic, venice republic and switz republic (all famous for trade) Modern republic was created with the french revolution. Russian czars were autocratic - their power was unrestricted by parliaments, people, or constitution. Most monarchs didn"t have must parliamentary restriction. Britain had constitutional monarchs that were restrained by parliament. Britain and russia are on opposite ends of the spectrum.

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