WAR OF

AUSTRIAN

SUCCESSIONCh. 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

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WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

A. 3 Front (area) war:

1. Europe –

*Prussia captures Silesia

*France occupies Austrian Netherlands

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WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

2. Far East –

*France captures Madras (India) from British

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3. North America

*British capture and gain control of St. Lawrence River

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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 WORLDC. 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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