Absolutism to Enlightenment to Revolution By facebooker_10100392645113433 Period: May 14, 1643 to Sep 1, 1715 Reign of Louis XIV 1689 John Locke writes Two Treatises of Government Period: Sep 1, 1715 to May 10, 1774 Reign of Louis XV 1748 Montesquieu writes Spirit of the Laws 1762 Rousseau writes The Social Contract 1763 Voltaire writes Treatise on Tolerance Period: May 10, 1774 to Sep 4, 1791 Reign of Louis XVI Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence 1789 French Revolution
