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The Thirty Years War

The Thirty Years War. Agenda. Bell Ringer: What is an Absolutist Ruler? Lecture: Thirty Years War and Central Europe Comparison: Louis XIV compared to Maria Theresa and Frederick the Great Chart of Aggressors: Thirty Years War and its outcomes. Peace of Westphalia Excerpt Map Activity

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The Thirty Years War

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  1. The Thirty Years War

  2. Agenda • Bell Ringer: What is an Absolutist Ruler? • Lecture: Thirty Years War and Central Europe • Comparison: Louis XIV compared to Maria Theresa and Frederick the Great • Chart of Aggressors: Thirty Years War and its outcomes. • Peace of Westphalia Excerpt • Map Activity • HW: Finish Vocabulary, Quiz on Absolutism next class.

  3. Thirty Years War • 1555 Peace of Augsburg enacted after the wars in the Holy Roman Empire. • Catholic princes in Germany stamped out remnants of Protestantism • Breaks down in 1608. • Protestant v. Catholic. • Revolt breaks out in Bohemia • Elect Protestant prince in an uprising. • Catholic League of Princes aid in helping Ferdinand crush Bohemian revolt. • Denmark, England, and the Dutch aid in Germany (Lutheranism) • Catholic France with Richelieu join Protestants • Politics above religion.

  4. Peace of Westphalia • 1618-1648, Everyone finally gave up. • Peace of Augsburg was restored in Germany. • Religious co-existence • Germany hit hardest • 33% of population dies. • Holy Roman Empire is reduced significantly.

  5. Central Europe vs. The West • Economics • Increasing production also kept serfs under control of the aristocracy. • Politics • Weak empires • Strong rulers result • Maria Theresa takes over a conglomeration of ethnic groups within the Hapsburg Empire.

  6. Prussia vs. Austria • Hohenzollerns of Prussia vs. Hapsburgs of Austria. • Frederick the Great would follow fathers policy to keep a strong military order. • “A Father of the people.” • Prussia would take Silesia in 1748.

  7. Seven Years’ War • 1756-1763 • France, Austria, and Russia vs. Britain and Prussia. • Nothing changed within Europe, however, Britain gained parts of India and North America. • France was the loser here, losing most of its colonies in the West Indies and North America.

  8. Map Activity

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