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The Impact of the Enlightenment

Ch 17.3. The Impact of the Enlightenment. The Arts. Architecture Court of Versailles Austrian emperor, Swedish King and others had grandiose residences. Rococo style of art– emphasized grace, charm and gentle action. Johann Sebastian Bach Organist Composer George Frideric Handel

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The Impact of the Enlightenment

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  1. Ch 17.3 The Impact of the Enlightenment

  2. The Arts • Architecture • Court of Versailles • Austrian emperor, Swedish King and others had grandiose residences. • Rococo style of art– emphasized grace, charm and gentle action

  3. Johann Sebastian Bach • Organist • Composer • George FridericHandel • Religious music including Handel’s Messiah • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Child prodigy • composer Music

  4. Prussia • Frederick the Great • One of the best educated and most cultured monarchs • Established Enlightenment reforms including abolished the use of torture (except in treason and murder). He granted limited freedom of speech and press and greater religious toleration. • But – he kept Prussia’s serfdom and rigid social structures Welcome to Discovery Education Player Enlightened Absolutism

  5. The Austrian Empire • Empress Maria Theresa • Worked to centralize the Austrian Empire • She was not open to philosophes’ calls for reform • She did help alleviate the condition of serfs

  6. Maria Theresa had 16 children including Marie Antoinette (#15) who married King Louis XVI of France • Joseph II (son of Maria Theresa) • Established reform ideas but largely failed

  7. Russia • Catherine the Great • 1762 – 1796 • Intelligent • Skeptical of enlightenment ideas • Did not put any reforms in place

  8. War of the Austrian Succession • 1740 - 1748 • When Maria Theresa took the Austrian throne, King Frederick II of Prussia took advantage of “a woman” and invaded Austria. • France enters war on Prussia’s side • Maria Theresa then makes alliance with Great Britain • 1748 – treaty made to return all territories (except Silesia to Prussia) to their original owners Wars

  9. New Allies (1756) • France and England rivalry over American colonies • Prussia and Austria rivalry over Silesia • This lead to France allying with Austria and Russia joins in alliance • Britain and Prussia align as allies • These allies led to the Seven Years’ War The Seven Years’ War

  10. Three major areas of conflict • Europe • India • North America • The War in Europe • British and Prussians against the Austrians, Russia and the French • This part of the war ended in 1763 with all territories going back to original owners The Seven Years’ War

  11. The War in India • Known as “the Great War for Empire” • Fought in India and North America • France against England • England won because of persistence The Seven Years’ War

  12. The War in North America • Greatest of all the conflicts • Known as the French and Indian War • Areas of conflict • Waterways of the Gulf of St. Lawrence • Ohio River valley • French moved down from Canada and up from Louisiana to establish forts in the Ohio River Valley. • French had support of Native Americans • Treaty of Paris, 1763, lands east of the Mississippi River went to England The Seven Years’ War

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