1. Towards a Balance of Power
By: Mordecai Moore, Contribution by Susan Pojer High School of Economics & Finance NYC, NY

2. How did the European Wars of the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries Usher in a New Balance of Power in Europe?
The Habsburg Empire Grows
Brandenburg-Prussia Becomes a Kingdom
Louis’s Wars Result in the New Balance of Power in Western Europe
Peter the Great Becomes Czar and Makes Sweeping Changes to Russia

3. Austrian Empire:

4. The Hohenzollerns Transform Brandenburg-Prussia into a Kingdom (1640-1713)
Frederick William “The Great Elector”
Frederick I as King in Prussia

5. Wars & Expansion under Louis XIV
Through a series of
expensive wars Louis
slowly expanded French
territory
War of Devolution ( )
The Dutch War
( )
The Nine Years’ War ( )
The War of the Spanish Succession
( )

6. The War of the Spanish Succession & the Treaty of Utrecht

7. The Romanov Dynasty
The end of Ivan’s rule in 1584 was followed by a period of anarchy called the Time of Troubles
It ended when the national assembly chose Michael Romanov as czar in 1613
The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917
Its most prominent member was Peter the Great, an absolutist who believed in the divine right of kings

8. Russia Enters the European Political Arena
Kepler’s Universe
Peter the Great
Peter the Great

9. Russia Enters the European Political Arena
Petrodvorets Palace Peter's Palace
Kepler’s Universe
Peter the Great