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Absolute Monarchs in Austria & Prussia Support or criticize this statement:

Absolute Monarchs in Austria & Prussia Support or criticize this statement: “There are just some jobs that a woman can’t do; leading a country is one of them.”. Absolute Monarchs. Austria & Prussia. Austria. The Hapsburgs of Austria remained the most powerful kings in central Europe.

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Absolute Monarchs in Austria & Prussia Support or criticize this statement:

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  1. Absolute Monarchs in Austria & Prussia Support or criticize this statement: “There are just some jobs that a woman can’t do; leading a country is one of them.”

  2. Absolute Monarchs Austria & Prussia

  3. Austria

  4. The Hapsburgs of Austria remained the most powerful kings in central Europe Austria

  5. Charles VI worked out a Pragmatic Sanction with other German kings that changed Austrian law to allow Maria Theresa to rule & keep Austrian lands under one Hapsburg ruler Austria • Austria was very diverse & difficult to rule; the only thing that held it together was that a Hapsburg king controlled it all • But Austrian king Charles VI had a daughter Maria Theresa; no woman had ever ruled Austria

  6. Austria • Maria Teresa proved to be a good queen for Austria: • She reduced the role of noble lords & strengthened the power of the monarch • She limited the amount of work that nobles could force their peasants to do • BUT…her power was challenged by kings in Prussia

  7. Prussia

  8. Prussia was a territory of scattered lands in the NW region of the Europe ruled by the Hohenzollern Dynasty Prussia The Lutheran Hohenzollerns were a rival family of the Catholic Hapsburgs

  9. Prussia • To ensure that Prussia became a respected nation, King Fredrick William built a strong military. • He “rented” his army to assist in European wars as a way of gaining $$$ & power.

  10. Prussia • Fredrick William I—Doubled the size of the Prussian army & made it the strongest military in Europe; as king, he cared little for anything other than his army.

  11. Prussia • When Maria Theresa took over Austria, Prussia’s new king Fredrick (II) the Great attacked Austria to gain land • Prussia won this War of AustrianSuccession

  12. Austria vs. Prussia • Maria Theresa wanted Silesia back & started another war in 1756 called the Seven Years War; European nations formed alliances: Austria, Russia, France …vs…Prussia & England • British & French colonists fought each other in America(French&IndianWar) • Austria lost; Prussia kept Silesia & England gained Canada from France

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