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 Balkan Hungary Italian peninsula

Lineage  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

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

Austria Empire  Is a mix of religion and people Belgians Bohemians Croatians Germans Hungarians Italians Poles Romanians Serbs Slovenes

 There will be many conflicts Ruling will be very difficult This is because of all the language differences, religions, and nationalities  Biggest rivals was the small North German State Brandenburg-Prussia

 Hohenzollern Family  Were mainly Protestants  Greatest ruler will be Frederick William

Frederick William  Great Elector  Worked to rebuild the state  Unified the armies One strong Force  Improved the 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

Government System  Tax collecting and government spending were carefully planned  Encouraged trade and development of new industries  Required all children to go to school

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   Frederick II will march his army into Silesia It will stay Prussia’s in the end  One of Maria Theresa’s most valuable territories 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

Seven Years War   Diplomatic Revolution led to the Seven Years War  Began in North America ○ French and Indian War  Turning point of the war Russian Empress died

 Seven Years’ war ended with no clear winner  Frederick the Great 23 years at war 23 years working on rebuilding and strengthen his kingdom