Chapter Outline Chapter 18 The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Civilization in the West, Seventh Edition by Kishlansky/Geary/O’Brien Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman I. Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714 II. The Rise of Russia III. The Two Germanys IV. The Greatness of Great Britain

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman I. Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714 Europe in 1714

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman I. Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714 The Americas India and the East Indies

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman I. Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714 A. Expansion of Western Europe Great Britain. England and Scotland > Great Britain, 1707 Treaty of Utrecht: Gibraltar, Minorca Low Countries United Provinces Spanish Netherlands Austria Great Britain and the Low Countries

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman I. Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714 A. Expansion of Western Europe France Duchy of Bar, Flanders, Franche-Comté, Lille, Strasbourg, Alsace, part of Lorraine Spain France and Spain in 1714

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman I. Geographical Tour: A Grand Tour of Europe in 1714 The Empire Treaty of Passarowitz Austria gains Hungary, Serbia Treaty of Utrecht Austria gets Netherlands, Lombardy, Naples The Holy Roman Empire in 1714

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman B. Realignment in Eastern Europe Treaty of Nystad (1721) Great Northern War of 1700–1721 Russia Peter the Great - Baltic Coast St. Petersburg Sweden loss of territory Brandenburg-Prussia Pomerania from Sweden Poland Russia and Sweden

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman Eastern Europe in 1714 B. Realignment in Eastern Europe Brandenburg-Prussia Pomerania from Sweden Poland

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman II. The Rise of Russia A. The Reforms of Peter the Great Westernization Modernization census poll tax Senate Procurator-General Table of Ranks Succession Crisis B. Life in Rural Russia State peasants C. The Enlightened Empress Catherine Catherine’s Accession, 1762 Charter of Nobility, 1785 Pugachev’s Revolt, 1773 pretender (Peter III) takes Kazan Russia

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman III. The Two Germanies Thirty Years’ War A. The Rise of Prussia Frederick William, the Great Elector territorial gains Frederick William I Frederick II, the Great Invasion of Silesia B. Austria Survives Decentralized Rule Charles VI Pragmatic Sanction Maria Theresa son Joseph II abolition of slavery The Expansion of Prussia Frederick William I

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman A scarlet caterpillar, upon which all eyes were at once fixed, began to crawl steadfastly day by day across the map of Europe, dragging the whole war with it. – Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman III. The Two Germanies C. The Politics of Power Frederick the Great’s invasion of Silesia > War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) The War of the Austrian Succession Prussia, France, and Spain v. Britain, Austria, and Holland The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle The Partitions of Poland, 1772 The Partitions of Poland

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman IV. The Greatness of Great Britain A. The British Constitution King-in-Parliament Houses of Lords, Commons "Robert Clive and his family with an Indian maid", painted 1765.Robert Clive The First British Empire

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman IV. The Greatness of Great Britain B. Parties and Ministers Whigs William III, Mary II, religious toleration Tories Anglican supremacy, Stuarts Sir Robert Walpole Minister of Finance, 1721 to 1742 C. America Revolts Seven Years’ War National debt, £130 million > Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765) Declaratory Act of 1766 >1775, war with American Colonies

Chapter 18: The Balance of Power in Eighteenth-Century Europe Copyright © 2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman 1.Who was the excise man? (What job did that term describe?) 2.Why is there a noose hanging from the Liberty Tree?