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16 Cards in this Set
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Leopold I |
-defeated the Ottoman Empire and took land from Louis XIV |
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Treaty of Karlowitz |
ends the austrian-turkish conflict -austria demanded land because they were "winning" -marks the beginning of the 200 year decline of the ottoman empire |
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Prince Eugene of Savoy |
-built up the size of the austrian military -made them a well-known european power -defeated Louis XIV |
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Charles VI |
-preferred the title of HRE -no male heirs -continued to build/beef up military and empire |
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Pragmatic Sanction |
determines who will take the throne after Charles VI dies -his eldest daughter |
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Maria Theresa |
-eldest daughter of Charles VI -married Francis of Lorraine -has 15 children -rules behind the scenes but is very powerful -consolidates all power with an absolute monarchy -creates a centralized monarchy -proclaims German to be the official language -everyone pays taxes -ardent catholic |
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Joseph II |
-son of Maria Theresa -enlightened despot -sees the unused church owned land as a waste of money -the more land ppl have=the more taxes -all catholic clergy members and allegiant to him -more tolerant than other kings -focused on internal improvements/mercantilism -banned serfdom and lowered tariffs
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robot |
serfs pay taxes through work -Joseph changed to to where peasants only pay a small tax to landowners instead |
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Leopold II |
-Josephs brother -reigns for 2 years -reinstated serfdom and robot |
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Francis II/Francis I |
first emperor of austria |
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Frederick William "the great elector" |
-gains significant land -ruled with nobility
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junkers |
-most elligabe and wealthy land owners - |
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Frederick William I |
"Serpent King" -used the army as a sign of power and managed to avoid war
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Frederick the Great |
-begins war of austrian succession -increases power of prussian monarchy -tollerated catholic Silesia -increased indirect tax system -codified prussian law -economic development in silisian and prussian territories
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Michael romanov |
-elected by boyars after time of troubles -first stable ruler in a long time
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Peter the Great |
-ruled with sickly brother -first to travel towards western europe -began to "westernize" russia - |
