Chapter 19 section 3
Territory
30 years war will lose a lot of territory to
Germany
 Will gain territory from the Turks
 Their territory will go into
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 Balkan
 Hungary
 Italian peninsula
Lineage
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1740 Charles VI dies
 To inherit Austria and Habsburg
lands was his 23 year old daughter
 Maria Theresa
Land laws stated that a women could
not inherit land only men could
 Charles was trying to get Pragmatic
Sanction
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Pragmatic Sanction
This would allow Maria Theresa to
inherit the Habsburg land
 It will no be accepted
 1745 she will become Empress when
her husband is elected Emperor
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Austria Empire
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Is a mix of religion and people
 Belgians
 Bohemians
 Croatians
 Germans
 Hungarians
 Italians
 Poles
 Romanians
 Serbs
 Slovenes
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There will be many conflicts
 Ruling will be very difficult
 This is because of all the language
differences, religions, and nationalities
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Biggest rivals was the small North
German State
 Brandenburg-Prussia
Brandenburg-Prussia
Hohenzollern Family
 Were mainly Protestants
 Greatest ruler will be Frederick William
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Frederick William
Great Elector
 Worked to rebuild the state
 Unified the armies
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 One strong Force
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Improved the
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Tax system
Agricultural
Industry
Transportation

1688
 Frederick I will succeed the
Great Elector
 He will become king of Prussia

1713
 Frederick William I will become
the King
○ Frederick I son
Frederick William I
Did not like the French way
 Ended his fathers lavish
spending
 Doubled the size
 Brought government under his
control
 Created an efficient government system
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Government System
Tax collecting and government spending
were carefully planned
 Encouraged trade and development of
new industries
 Required all children to go to school
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Frederick the Great
Frederick II
 Frederick William I thought that
his son would not be a good ruler
 Will come to power around the same
time that Maria Theresa came to power

Austria Secession
1740- 1748
 Frederick II will march his army into
Silesia
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 It will stay Prussia’s in the end
One of Maria Theresa’s
most valuable territories
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 Farm land
 Iron deposits
Diplomatic Revolution
“Reversal of Alliance”
 Since Louis XIV Austria and Great
Britain was allied with France
 1756 Great Britain allied with Prussia
 France allied with Austria and Russia
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Seven Years War
1756-1763
 Diplomatic Revolution led to the Seven
Years War
 Began in North America
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○ French and Indian War
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Turning point of the war
 Russian Empress died
Seven Years’ war ended with no clear
winner
 Frederick the Great
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 23 years at war
 23 years working on rebuilding and
strengthen his kingdom