Austria and Prussia

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AustriaandPrussia
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Austria and Prussia
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• The Thirty Years War that ended in 1648 was the
  last of the wars of religion.
• In fact the final phases of the war were more
  about politics and international relations than
  religion.
• The major wars of the eighteenth century were the
  ____________ and the ____________
• These wars were fought with professional armies
  and involved warfare as a way to further national
  interest. The areas of conflict for these two
  wars were __________________ and _______________

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AUSTRIA - THE GERMAN STATES
Still part of Holy Roman Empire Austrian
Hapsburgs-family ruled HRE Maria Theresa
inherited throne in 1740 from her father, Holy
Roman Emperor Charles VI. He passed the
following Pragmatic ______________________
Mom of Marie Antoinette who will marry French
King Louis XVI
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AUSTRIA - THE GERMAN STATES
Still part of Holy Roman Empire Maria
Theresa Her Problems
She made war with Prussia when they seized some
of her land (Silesia). Despite a lack of
knowledge in politics, she was a good enough
politician to get help from other nations (Great
Britain and the Netherlands).
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AUSTRIA - THE GERMAN STATES
Still part of Holy Roman Empire Austrian
Hapsburgs-family ruled HRE Problems in the
empire i. patchwork ppl, religion,
language ii. diversity makes difficult to
rule Her solutions i. Strengthened central
government ii. Increased trade and industry
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Austrias Chief Rival is Prussia
Prussia
Austria
_______________
Families
_____________
Religion
___________
_____________
______________
Rulers
______________

1. Frederick William
2. Frederick I
3. Frederick William I
4. Frederick II

More on these guys on the next slide
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Prussia
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Prussia
Will develop into the biggest, baddest army
around!
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Prussia Their Rulers In Brief

• _____________________ Great Elector
• unified army, tax, transportation, agriculture
• ___________________
• by now hes called King of Prussia
• __________________
• 1. tightened up spending
• 2. extreme army (goose step) The Royal Drill
  Sergeant
• 3. all kids must attend school
• ____________________
• wimp? No, expanded empire of Prussia

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Prussia

• Became a powerful Protestant state.
• North German Princes called_____________ united
  their lands after the Peace of Westphalia.
• They took the power of the other lords, known as
  Junkers, but gained their loyalty back by giving
  them powerful jobs in the army.
• They centralized government as an absolute
  monarchy under _____________, who did this by
  forming one of the fiercest militaries ever seen
• Prussia is not a a state which possesses an
  army, rather an army that possesses a state.

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Prussia
Frederic Williams son, named Frederick II, who
was treated harshly by his father, became a
brilliant military leader, and was given the
title Frederick the Great. Austria and Prussia
had both arisen as powerful states, and competed
with each other for power over central Europe for
a long time to come.
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War between Austria and Prussia - The War of
Austrian Seccession
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• Frederick the Great invades the Austrian
  territory of __________________
• Enormous desire to expand Prussian territory.
• Silesia rich in natural resources.
• Frederick the Great rejected the Pragmatic
  Sanction which justified Marias power.
• All over Silesia War of Austrian Seccession
• Multi alliance
• Diplomatic Revolution shifting alliances
• Had always been GB Austria vs. Fr Prussia
• Switch to GB Prussia vs. Fr Austria

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• Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
• Officially recognized Prussias rise as an
  important European nation

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Prussia Continued

• Maria Theresa was determined to get Silesia back.
• She becomes allied to Russia, whos Empress
  Elizabeth was an archenemy of Frederick the
  Greatwe now have the tables set for another war.
• Frederick the Great, by the wars end, is able to
  keep most of Silesia

The Seven Years War was between Austria and
Prussia over Silesia and between France and Great
Britain (known as French and Indian War in
America)
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Prussia and their war w/ Austria

• RESULTS OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR/WAR OF AUSTRIAN
  SECESSION
• Prussia gets ____________ and __________is
  strongest colonial power.

and potatoes hit the market in new lands
controlled by Prussia
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