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Maria Theresa and Joseph II.

Maria Theresa and Joseph II. Maria Theresa. She was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was born 13th M ay 1717 in Vienna . She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia , the Austrian Netherlands and Parma.

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Maria Theresa and Joseph II.

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  1. Maria Theresa and Joseph II.

  2. Maria Theresa She was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. Shewasborn 13th May 1717 in Vienna. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. Marie Therese lost a seven-year war with Prussia(1956-1963). She reigned 40 years from 1740 to 1780.

  3. reFORMS OF Maria Theresa prohibition of torture common currency and authorities establishment big workshop inventory of land and people-for tax collection, houseswerenumbered compulsory school attendance Schools were trivial (trivium = reading, writing, arithmetic), the main and normal

  4. Points of Interest • ShespokeFrenchwith her husband • She had sixteen children • She liked playingcards and dices.

  5. Joseph II. JosephII. was the eldest son of Austrian, Czech and Hungarian femalerulerMaria Theresa. He wasborn on 13th March1741 in Vienna. He reigned 10 years from 1780to 1790. He traveled the country under the name earlofFalkenštejn.

  6. Reformsof Joseph II. • Patent abolitionofserfdom (1781) People who serve people have personal freedom, but they mustwork for free • Patent ofToleration (1781) He allowedotherreligions

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