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