Absolute Monarchs in Austria Prussia Support or criticize

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

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

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

Austria n 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

Prussia

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

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

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

n When Prussia Maria Theresa took over Austria, Prussia’s new king Fredrick (II) the Great attacked Austria to gain land n Prussia won this War of Austrian Succession

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