Maria Theresa of Austria

sought to enhance their relationship with the growing country to benefit themselves. The Austrian attempted this by marrying off their fifteen-year-old, Marie Antoinette (). Maria Theresa, a composer, and Francis I, the Holy Roman Emperor, birthed the future Queen of France on November 2, 1755, in their home country of Austria (). Marie Antoinette later became a pawn of her mother’s wishes and married Louis XVI. CONTEXT ON LOUIS (). Later on, Marie…

The great issue dominating Austria in the 1700s was the War of Austrian Succession, occurring just decades after the War of Spanish Succession, both similar in the struggle of power between the ruling kingdoms of Europe. The War of Austrian Succession, however, related to a feud over the remaining Habsburg territories, drawing in the nations of France, Spain, Prussia on one side and Austria, Britain, and Holland on the other. The War of Austrian Succession soon became a major international…

Sanjana Sinha Period: 3 10/25/15 Thesis Statement: All rulers in the world in Europe in the 1700s were state builders because they improved education, they made the government better, and they improved agriculture. Annotated Bibliography “Age of Absolutism.” Packet. Print. This short passage outlines what this leader did to improve his land. This packet summarizes everything that the leaders in the 1700’s did. I find this source to be reliable because all the information is fairly accurate.…

arranged marriage with a total stranger, have a bad childhood, and get criticized harshly for every thing you do? I don't think anyone would like that. Unfortunately, all of these thing happened to Marie Antoinette, the daughter of the empress of Austria, Maria Theresa and the wife of Louis XVI. Her overall legacy was powerfully symbolic because it represented everything that was wrong with a monarchy and the people around her. Many people described her to have a childish behavior and the people…

prominent enlightened absolutists, Joseph II of Austria was one of the few rulers to consistently apply humanity and reason to govern his nation. Joseph II was noted for his unconventional reforms and decrees that permitted religious tolerance, social equality, and reconstruction of the church. Although his reforms did little to promote life in his kingdom, they left a lasting precedent over enlightened Europe. Joseph born on March 13, 1741 in Vienna, Austria, grew up knowing he would be the…

Canada, one of history 's most well known and controversial women. Marie Antoinette was born Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna in Vienna, Austria on the second of November, 1755. Born as the second last child to the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, Marie lived a childhood of luxury. Typical of the aristocratic girls of the time, Marie was educated…

family was moved from Versailles to Paris. In june of 1791, Louis and Marie even tried to escape, however they were caught and brought back to Paris where he lost all his respect. During the fall of 1791, Louis was trying so hard to start a war with Austria, where he was hoping he would win and gain his respect back. During April of 1792, the war broke out and the National Assembly was suspicious about treason and suspended his powers.Later in the year of 1792, the assembly established the first…

the Great was also successful when the odds were stacked against thanks to luck and his genius. Frederick won the Seven Years War for Prussia (Murphy, 13). Austria’s will to repossess Silesia was a major cause leading up to the Seven Years War. Austria, Russia, France, in Saxony were all allied against Prussia. Great Britain was on Frederick’s side. Frederick understood that these countries did not work well with each other when it came to teamwork and attacked them one at a time and at the…

it’s biggest problem was the weak monarchy. The monarchs at the time were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. She was an Austrian born queen of France, who was later overthrown and executed by guillotine. She was the daughter of the empress of Austria, Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I. Marie Antoinette had a hard childhood due to the many death and adversities that happened to her at a young age. She had obtained an education that was common for a girl in an aristocratic family at…

English wanted to become allies in order to stop Louis XIV and the Netherlands from territorial expansion. Since then they were in many wars. One war was the War of Austrian Succession, which starts having Frederick the Great having Prussia stop Austria from taking French territory in Canada. France wanted peace and in for return, they got territorial expansion in North America. Another was the seven years’ war which was between the French and British for colonial empire as well as sea power to…