1. Discontent in Spain War/ conflict in Europe Economic decline Plague
Support of Catholics and Hapsburg relatives
Economic decline
Philip II declared himself bankrupt 3x
Unable to broaden tax base/ economic base
Small group controls business and $$
Flow of treasure begins to dwindle after 1600
Plague
Roughly 40% decrease in population in Castile and Aragon
Lack of food due to wool trade/ $$ to ship in

2. Revolt and Secession Union of arms Revolts
Spread tax burden to all territories/ Castile to lose dominance in government
Other territories refuse to adhere/support policy
1640’s- Catalonia, Portugal, Sicily and Naples revolt
Revolts
Catalonia comes back into the fold
Portugal, declared independent in 1668
Castile reasserts dominance in Sicily and Naples

3. Consequences Unable to continue international policy of expansion
Fix/focus on issues “at home”
Stable/ but not the most powerful
Focus on agricultural
Nobility still in power

4. Absolutism in
Central Europe

5. The Habsburgs
& the
Holy Roman Empire

6. Habsburg Family Crest

7. Austrian Empire:

8. Leopold I
Holy Roman Emperor
(r )

9. Schönbrunn Palace

10. Schönbrunn Palace

11. Schönbrunn Palace

12. Prince Eugène of Savoy: 1718

13. Holy Roman Empire: 1750

14. The Hohenzollerns
&
Brandenburg-Prussia

15. Prussian Family Crest

16. Prussia & the Austrian Empire: 1721-72

17. King Frederick I of Prussia (r.1701-1713) Frederick III of Brandenburg
Formerly:
Frederick III of Brandenburg
(r )

18. Frederick the Great (r. 1740-1786)

19. Frederick the Great (r. 1740-1786)

20. Frederick the Great’s Court

21. Europe in 1740

22. The War of the
Austrian Succession

23. Charles VI (r )

24. Maria Theresa
(r )

25. Maria Theresa & Her Family
Her Notable Children:
HRE Joseph II
HRE Leopold II
Queen Marie Antoinette (Fr.)

26. War of the Austrian Succession