WAR OF
AUSTRIAN
SUCCESSION
Ch. 10.3
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OBJECTIVES
•
Discuss how enlightenment beliefs were reflected in the art, music,
and literature of the time.
•
Summarize how Enlightenment thought influenced the politics of
Europe in the eighteenth century.
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WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
(1740-1748)
Succession = who inherits the thrown
1.Charles VI of Austria dies
2.Maria Theresa (daughter) becomes ruler
3. Frederick the Great & France invade Austrian Silesia
4. Maria Theresa forms alliance
with Great Britain
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WAR OF AUSTRIAN
SUCCESSION
A. 3 Front (area) war:
1. Europe –
*France occupies
Austrian Netherlands
*Prussia captures
Silesia
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WAR OF AUSTRIAN
SUCCESSION
2. Far East –
*France captures
Madras (India) from
British
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SUCCESSION
3. North America
*British capture and
gain control of St.
Lawrence River
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SUCCESSION
B. Treaty of Chapelle (1748)
-return of all occupied areas
*EXCEPT SILESIA*
Angered Maria Theresa of
Austriaà
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SEVEN YEARS WAR (1756-1763)
*Maria Theresa refused to accept loss of Silesia*
-rebuilt army & formed new alliances
A. New Alliances
Russia, France, Austria
VS.
Britain, Prussia
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WAR IN
EUROPE
Frederick the Great
(Prussia)
-fighting on 3 separate
fronts
-Stalemate when new Russian Czar Peter III removes Russia
from War
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AROUND THE WORLD
C. War in India
Britain vs. France
D. War in North America
France & Britain both have
colonies
France = Canada, Louisiana
Britain = 13 colonies (highly populated)
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THE END
British seize control over:
-Quebec
-Montreal
-The Great Lakes
-Ohio River Valley
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TREATY OF PARIS (1763)
French transfer control of areas to Britain:
-Canada
-Land East of Mississippi
Spain gives up Florida
*Great Britain becomes worlds greatest colonial power*
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HOMEWORK
Ch. 10.3
Pg. 316
Numbers – 1,2,4,5,6
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