chapter outline chapter 18 the balance of power in eighteenth-century europe civilization in the...

Chapter Outline

Chapter 18The Balance of

Power in Eighteenth-

Century Europe

Civilization in the West, Seventh Edition by Kishlansky/Geary/O’Brien

Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman

I. Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714II. The Rise of RussiaIII. The Two GermanysIV. The Greatness of Great Britain

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe


I. Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714

Europe in 1714




The America

s

India and the East Indies




A. Expansion of Western EuropeGreat Britain.

England and Scotland > Great Britain, 1707

Treaty of Utrecht: Gibraltar, Minorca

Low CountriesUnited ProvincesSpanish Netherlands

Austria

Great Britain and the Low Countries




A. Expansion of Western Europe

FranceDuchy of Bar, Flanders, Franche-Comté,

Lille, Strasbourg, Alsace, part of Lorraine

Spain

France and Spain in 1714




The EmpireTreaty of Passarowitz

Austria gains Hungary, SerbiaTreaty of Utrecht

Austria gets Netherlands, Lombardy, Naples

The Holy Roman Empire in 1714



B. Realignment in Eastern Europe

Treaty of Nystad (1721)Great Northern War of

1700–1721

RussiaPeter the Great - Baltic

CoastSt. Petersburg

Swedenloss of territory

Brandenburg-PrussiaPomerania from Sweden

Poland

Russia and Sweden



Eastern Europe in 1714

B. Realignment in Eastern Europe

Brandenburg-PrussiaPomerania from Sweden

Poland



II. The Rise of Russia

A. The Reforms of Peter the GreatWesternizationModernization

censuspoll taxSenate

Procurator-GeneralTable of Ranks: meritocratic

systemSuccession Crisis

B. Life in Rural RussiaState peasants: generally

northern, remote

C. The Enlightened Empress Catherine

Catherine’s Accession, 1762Charter of Nobility, 1785

(codification of privileges won over time, similar to other western states)

Pugachev’s Revolt, 1773pretender (Peter III) takes

Kazan

Russia



III. The Two GermaniesThirty Years’ War

A. The Rise of PrussiaFrederick William, the Great

Electorterritorial gains

Frederick William I

Frederick II, the GreatInvasion of Silesia

B. Austria SurvivesDecentralized RuleCharles VI

Pragmatic Sanction

Maria Theresason Joseph II

abolition of slavery

The Expansion of Prussia

Frederick William I



A scarlet caterpillar, upon which all eyes were at once fixed, began to crawl steadfastly day by day across the map of Europe, dragging

the whole war with it. – Winston Churchill



III. The Two Germanies

C. The Politics of Power

Frederick the Great’s invasion of Silesia> War of the Austrian Succession

(1740–1748)

The War of the Austrian SuccessionPrussia, France, and Spain v.

Britain, Austria, and HollandThe Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

The Partitions of Poland, 1772

The Partitions of Poland



IV. The Greatness of Great Britain

A. The British ConstitutionKing-in-Parliament Houses of Lords, Commons

"Robert Clive and his family with an Indian maid", painted 1765.

The First British Empire



IV. The Greatness of Great Britain

B. Parties and MinistersWhigs

William III, Mary II, religious toleration

ToriesAnglican supremacy, Stuarts

Sir Robert WalpoleMinister of Finance, 1721 to 1742

C. America RevoltsSeven Years’ War

National debt, £130 million

> Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765)

Declaratory Act of 1766

>1775, war with American Colonies



1. Who was the excise man? (What job did that term describe?)

2. Why is there a noose hanging from the Liberty Tree?



AssignmentsDates: Prepare:

Tues. 11/5

Alternative Assessment: See Next Slide for Details

Wed. 11/6 Rise of RussiaPodcast: In Our Time History: Catherine the GreatNational Museum of Scotland: Take Quiz and View Exhibition Overviewhttp://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/national_museum/past_exhibitions/catherine_the_great/did_you_know.aspx

Thurs. 11/7

Geographic Tour & The Two Germanies

Fri.11/8 Greatness of Great BritainKenneth Clarke, Civilization’s The Smile of Reason, Ep. 10 (YouTube)

Mon. 11/11

Quiz


Alternative Assessment!

Recite by Tuesday the 4 lines of a common folk saying that begins with: Please to remember, the fifth of November…

• Explain the allusion.• Bring required materials to class.• Participate in The Challenge!

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