Competing for Power and Wealth
The Old Regime, 1715–1789
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Statebuilding and War
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Rising Ambitions in Eastern Europe
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New leadership in expanding Russia
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Catherine the Great
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The partition of Poland
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Statebuilding and War
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Rising Ambitions in Eastern Europe
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The decline of the Ottoman Empire
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Forging a military state in Prussia
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Austria tries to hold on
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The mid-century land wars
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The Diplomatic Revolution
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Statebuilding and War
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Warfare in the Eighteenth Century
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Statebuilding and War
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Western Europe and the Great Colonial Rivalry
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The French monarchy in decline
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Making the British system work
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Colonies, trade, and war
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Statebuilding and War
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Western Europe and the Great Colonial Rivalry
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The triangle of trade
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The slave trade
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Fighting on three continents
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Frederick the Great
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Joseph II
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Style, substance, or survival?
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Changes in Country and City Life
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The Agricultural Revolution
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New crops and techniques
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Enclosures
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Changes in Country and City Life
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Manufacturing Spreads in the
Countryside: Cottage Industry
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Changes in Country and City Life
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More People, Longer Lives
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Population growth
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Eighteenth-century medicine
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Changes in Country and City Life
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Deepening Misery for the Poor
“The people could only exist by exhausting their resources…”
– Jacques Turgot
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Changes in Country and City Life
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Prosperity and the Bourgeoisie
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The Culture of the Elite:
Combining the Old and the New
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The Advent of the Modern Novel
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The Culture of the Elite:
Combining the Old and the New
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Pride and Sentiment in Art and
Architecture
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The Culture of the Elite:
Combining the Old and the New
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Reaching New Heights in Music
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Baroque music
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The classical style
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The Culture of the Elite:
Combining the Old and the New
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Biography: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)
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Child Prodigy, Musical Genius
“You know that I am, so to speak, swallowed up in music, that I am busy with it all day – speculating, studying, considering.”
– Mozart
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The Culture of the Elite:
Combining the Old and the New
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The Grand Tour
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Culture for the Lower Classes
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Festivals and Popular Literature
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Culture for the Lower Classes
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Gin and Beer
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Culture for the Lower Classes
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Religious Revivals
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Pietism
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Foreshadowing Upheaval:
The American Revolution
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Insults, Interests, and Principles:
The Seeds of Revolt
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New commercial regulations and taxes
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Foreshadowing Upheaval:
The American Revolution
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A War for Independence
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Foreshadowing Upheaval:
The American Revolution
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Creating the New Nation
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War for independence or revolution?
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Key Dates
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY POLITICS AND
SOCIETY
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