Relier Pairs The XVIIIth centuryVersion en ligne Absolutism, Enlightenment and parliamentarism par 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 Enlightened thinking 5 Manufactures: guilds and domestic system 6 Demography (high mortality and birth rate) 7 Enlightened despotism 8 Absolutism Egalitarian society; form of government with citizen participation; deism; physiocracy; instruction (education) Reforms in politics, society, economy and culture