Europe on the Eve of a new World Order
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| 319414488 | Major source of labor (before revolution) | African slaves | 0 | |
| 319414489 | Prussian Law Code of 1794 | Marriage between noble males and middle-class females was forbidden without government consent. | 1 | |
| 319414490 | Balance of Power | Counterbalancing the power of one state by another to prevent any one power from dominating others. | 2 | |
| 319414491 | Frederik the Great of Prussia's fundamental rule of government | "the principle of extending their territories." | 3 | |
| 319414492 | War of Austrian Succession (1740 - 1748) | King Frederick II invaded Austria, lead by Maria Theresa. France decided to attack their traditional enemy (Austria), which caused Britain to ally with Austria. A treaty ended the war and returned all lands to original owners, except Silesia, which Prussia refused to give back. This created hostility between Prussia and Austria which lead to the Seven Years War (1756). | 4 | |
| 319414493 | Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) | France abandoned Prussia and allied with Austria, as well as Russia. Great Britain then allied with Prussia against France. The major areas of conflict include: Europe, India, and North America. The war ended and Austria realized the permanent Prussian control of Silesia. | 5 | |
| 319414494 | Great War for Empire (1763) | Fought in India and North America, Robert Clive of Britain lead them to gain India with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 ending the war. | 6 | |
| 319414495 | Major areas of conflict for British and French in North America | Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley | 7 | |
| 319414496 | 1759-1763 battles in North America | Britain naval fleets defeated France's in North America cutting of France's reinforcements and supplies. British forces under General James Wolfe defeated French's general Louis-Joseph Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham and under the Treaty of Paris Britain gained land east of the Mississippi and French left Canada. | 8 | |
| 319414497 | Ecomienda system | allowed individual Spaniards to collect tribute from the natives and use them as laborers, this was replaced with the repartimento system. | 9 | |
| 319414498 | the Bourbons | New monarchical system used by Spanish America to control their colonies over-seas by sending royal officials to rule the colonies. | 10 | |
| 319414499 | the Hanoverians | First lead by George I of Hanover (Germany), he did not speak english and neither did George II, therefore, prime ministers were allowed to advise, the first would be Robert Walpole, he pursued a peaceful empire, but a growing industry allowed for William Pitt the Elder to step up to the job, who acquired Canada and India in the Seven Years War. | 11 | |
| 319414500 | Stamp Act of 1765 | Britain's clever way of trying to raise taxes lead to mass riots and revolts, this act was quickly repealed. | 12 | |
| 319414501 | Second Continental Congress | On July 4, 1776 the Deceleration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, was approved by the council. | 13 | |
| 319414502 | War Against Britain | France aided America in the war against Britain when Britain sent thousands of troops over to North America to stop the congresses. Britain was defeated at Saratoga in October of 1777. | 14 | |
| 319414503 | American Independence | Gained from the Treaty of Paris in 1783. | 15 | |
| 319414504 | Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments was added to the Constitution in March 1789, under a Federalist control. | 16 | |
| 319414505 | Monarchs using enlightened absolutism | Frederick II of Prussia, Catherine the Great of Russia, and Joseph II of Austria. | 17 | |
| 319414506 | Frederick William I | Created the General Directory to promote the evolution of Prussia's civil bureaucracy. | 18 | |
| 319414507 | Frederick the Great | Enlightened monarch who established a set of laws that removed the use of torture except in treason and murder cases, he also granted religious freedom to all. | 19 | |
| 319414508 | Habsburgs Empire | Centered in Vienna became the musical capital of Europe and housed Baroque styles. | 20 | |
| 319414509 | Joseph II | Abolished serfdom and established equality of all before the law along with religious freedom, although his means were well, the outcome of his reign was ineffective and destructive. | 21 | |
| 319414510 | Catherine II the Great | Enlightened and intelligent monarch who invited Voltaire to speak freely "as man to man". Composed a Charter of Nobility that exempted nobles from taxation. | 22 | |
| 319414511 | French Estates | The first was composed of clergy, the second of nobles, and the third of peasants, merchants, etc. | 23 | |
| 319414512 | Louis XVI (big number) | He called the Estates General when the government was on the verge of a collapse. When things looked bad in 1791 he decided to hell with the citizens, he wanted out. So he made a run for it and got caught on the border out of France (so close). | 24 | |
| 319414513 | Estates General | A meeting called by Louis XVI to fix governmental issues. It opened in Versailles on May 5, 1789. The Third Estate was allowed double representation as they constituted 97% of the entire population. Mad at the First Estate for not agreeing with them they rebelled to create the National Assembly. | 25 | |
| 319414514 | National Assembly | Created on June 17, 1789 by the Third Estate. The job of these meetings was to create a new constitution that helped not just the greedy nobles and clergy, but everyone. | 26 | |
| 319414515 | Storming of the Bastille | This was probably the most important turning point of the French Revolution, when a ton of peasants decided to storm a weapons cache and arm themselves. Louis decided that he'd high-tail it out of their and escape his impending doom. From July 19 to August 3, peasant revolts known as the Great Fear basically made France turn into complete chaos. | 27 | |
| 319414516 | Declarations of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (not women) | This was created on August 4 of 1789 to give men basic rights as citizens of France, women feared that it would not extend to them, so cleverly they created one called Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, can't possibly guess where they got that name from sadly. | 28 | |
| 319414517 | Civil Constitution of the Clergy | Created in July of 1790, this allowed bishops and priests to be elected by the people and paid by the state. | 29 | |
| 319414518 | France's New Constitution | Created in 1791, this embodied a monarch, but also a Legislative Assembly which kept watch on the monarch. This new system allowed male citizens to vote for electors. | 30 | |
| 319414519 | France's Republic | Created on September 21 because of the failing war against Austria the National Convention created this. | 31 | |
| 319414520 | Committee of Public Safety | Lead by Robespierred, 12 people were elected to lead the country and save it from impending destruction. | 32 | |
| 319414521 | Reign of Terror | Instituted by the Committee, this allowed them to kill whoever they wanted if they thought the person was an enemy of the committee, 30000 people suffered the wrath. | 33 | |
| 319414522 | Napoleon | A very short man who probably rode a miniature sized horse. He dominated basically most of Europe from 1799 to 1815. He decided that being emperor was a good idea, accomplished it, then conquered basically everything except the major powers of Europe. When he invaded Russia, they decided that it was a better idea to burn Moscow. Making the "Great Retreat" home on his miniature sized horse, Napoleon is later exiled, comes back, exiled again to St. Helena to where he dies. | 34 |
