HIST 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empire, Absolute Monarchy
16 Jun 2017
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Terms: blitzkrieg, bismark, ems, sans souci, huguenots, bavaria, pentarchy, rhine, lev e en masse, sardinia-piemont, nizza (nice), venice, parma, milan. Themes: rise of germany and decline of france, prussia / germany, france: old regime, french revolution, revolutionary wars, the u. s. and the french revolution. Prussia becomes germany in: 1870s, officially after wwii. Seven year war (1756-63) victory in 63 (weak. Defeat (due to lack of common goals of alliance) Eventual victory (alliance with gb + us), 1917-18. Eventual victory (alliance with gb, us, and ussr), 18th c: france"s population slows -- > smaller eco (for war for ex. ) L-> partially why new france failed -- > lack of immigration. Germany was always inferior when france was allied with another power. So german strategy: keep enemies divided / isolate france. 1813-15: prussia defeats france in coalition with gb, russia and sweden. But wwi wwii, germany loses cuz didn"t have strong allies + enemies did.
