Ch 21-3
Central European Monarchs Clash
21.3-Central European Monarchs Clash.pdfGroup Discussions
What were some of the most important results of the Thirty Years War?
Analyzing Issues: Why might it have been more difficult for absolutism to take hold in Central Europe than in Western Europe?
Standards:
I-C.3 Explain and analyze revolutions (e.g., democratic, scientific, technological, social) as they evolved throughout the enlightenment and their enduring effects on political, economic and cultural institutions.
Objective:
Summarize the Thirty Years' War, and the formation of central European states.
Explain the growth of central European states.
Identify conflicts between Prussia and Austria.
WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading
EQ: What were some of the most important results of the Thirty Years' War?
The Thirty Years War
Bohemian Protestant revolt
Hapsburg triumphs
Habsburg defeats
Peace of Westphalia
Beginning of modern States
Thirty Years' War
States form in Central Europe
Economy contrast with the West
Several weak Empires
Austria grow stronger
Maria Teresa inherits the Austrian throne
Austria celebrates the legacy of Empress Maria Theresa
The Thirty Years’ War offered abundant opportunity for undisciplined mercenary soldiers to prey on civilian populations. Only rarely, as in the mass hanging depicted in this engraving of 1633, did soldiers receive punishment for their criminal acts.
Prussia challenges Austria
The rise of Prussia
Frederick the Great
War of the Austrian Succession
The Seven Years’ War
Frederick the Great
Seven Years' Wars
Vocabulary:
Thirty years war
Conflict over religion, territory, and power among European ruling families
Maria Theresa
Empress of Austria whose main enemy was Prussia
Frederick the Great
Leader of Prussia who sought to increase its territory
Seven years war
Conflict from 1756 to 1763 in which the forces of Britain and Prussia battles those Austria, France, Russia, and other countries
