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1 Eastern European Absolutism
Prussia, Austria, Russia

2 Austria & The Habsburgs
Emperor Ferdinand II (r ) 30 Years War: Subjugated Bohemia (1620 ) Emperor Ferdinand III (r ) Consolidated German speaking states Standing army

3 Austria & The Habsburgs
Emperor Leopold I (r ) The War of The Holy League ( ) Austria, Poland, Venice, and Russia (1686) vs. The Ottoman Empire 1699- The Treaty of Karlowitz Hungary, Transylvania, Slavonia  Habsburgs Habsburgs lose lands in the Peace of Utrecht Charles VI Son of Charles V 1713- Issues Pragmatic Sanction: Habsburg lands will never be divided again His lands go his daughter Maria Theresa

4 The Kingdom of Austira, 1720

5 Prussia 15th & 16th Centuries: Hohenzollern Dynasty
Imperial Electors of Brandenburg, Dukes of Prussia

6 Prussia Frederick William the Great Elector
30 Years War, military genius  stable kingdom Goals: Unify & enlarge holdings Prussia Brandenburg Random Rhineland holdings Convinced Junkers of need for a standing army Nobility who are military officers 1653-Nobility control Serfs 1660 – Taxation without noble consent for standing army Increased noble power in return

7 Prussia King Frederick I of Prussia (r. 1701-1713) The Soldier King
1713: life-long forced conscription Prussia  Absolutist military state

8 Russia Ivan III The Great (1562-1605)
Expanded Moscow to the Black Sea Ended Mongol subjugation Modeled himself after Mongol Kahn (autocratic) Claimed religious and political inheritance of the Byzantine Emperor Tsar Ivan IV The Terrible ( ) Slaughtered Boyars  absolute authority Forcibly bound peasants to their land 1598 – 1614 “The Time of Troubles”

9 Russia The Romanov Dynasty (1613-1917)
Tsar Michael Romanov (r ) Restoration of autocracy 1649 – laws passed giving lords unrestricted power over serfs Significant territorial expansion Czar Alexi I, Czar Feodor III, Czar Ivan IV

10 Russia Czar Peter The Great
Goals: build/improve army, territorial expansion, Westernization The Great Northern War Russia, Denmark, Poland vs Sweden “Narva Disaster” All nobles required to serve state for life New schools & Universities Military – Civilian Bureaucracy Taxes increased 3x on peasantry

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