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