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Chapter 4 Section 4

Rise of Austria and Prussia

Bellringer:

1) How did the British Parliament assert its rights against royal claims to
absolute power in the 1600s?
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2) What was the result of the English Civil War?
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3) How did the Glorious Revolution affect Europe?
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4.4 Objectives:
Outline the causes and results of the ________________
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Understand how _______________ and ______________ emerged
as great powers.
Describe how European nations tried to maintain a
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4.4 Vocabulary
Peace of Westphalia:
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Maria Theresa:
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War of the Austrian Succession:
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Prussia:
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Frederick William I:
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Frederick II:
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Elector:
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Ferdinand:
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4.4 Focus Question:
How did the two great empires of Austria and Prussia
emerge from the Thirty Years War and subsequent events?
After the Thirty Years War ravaged the German states of
_________________ and _______________________, the two powers
coexisted.
Their rulers became absolute monarchs who ruled in Europe with
no check on their power.
The Thirty Years War Ravages Europe:

By the seventeenth century, the ___________

_________________ ______________________ was a
loose patchwork of separate states.
o They were ruled by the _________________
__________________ _______________________, in
theory.
o But in reality, the emperor, who was chosen
by __________________, had little power.
o The lack of a __________________
______________________ led to the outbreak of
the Thirty Years War.
The ___________________ ____________________
____________ began in 1618 when king
____________________ tried to suppress
_________________________ in Bohemia.
o Protestant nobles threw two royal
__________________ officials out of a window.
This became known as the
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What were some of

the effects of the
Peace of Westphalia?
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__________________, and sparked a revolt.

o What began as a religious conflict changed to
a political war for control of
___________________.
The Thirty Years War was very
__________________.
o _______________________________ burned
villages and killed without mercy.
o Severe ___________________________ occurred.
Finally, a series of treaties called the
_________________ _______
____________________________ended the war.
o ____________________ emerged the clear
winner and German lands were divided into
more than __________ separate states.

Hapsburg Austria Changes its Focus:

After the wars end, the

_________________________ in Austria wanted to
create a strong, unified state.
o This was difficult, because the lands they
wanted to unify were made up of many
__________________ people and
______________________.
Despite efforts to bring Austria, Bohemia,
Hungary,
and parts of Poland together, the Hapsburgs
never created a ______________ government like
the one in France.
Hapsburg emperor ___________________ ____
died in 1740 and left the throne to his
daughter, ______________________
_________________________, who immediately
had to fight a new war.
o The ________ ______ __________________
____________________________ began when
the king of Prussia seized an Austrian
province.
o With the help of her ____________________
subjects as well as Britain and Russia,
Maria Theresa ___________________ her
empire.
Maria Theresa was a ______________ leader.
o Though she did not succeed in throwing

What caused the

War of the Austrian
Succession?
Maria Theresas
succession to the
throne and Frederick
IIs invasion of Silesia.

NAME:___________________________________ HR:______
___________________ out of the Austrian
province it invaded, she did win the
support of her people.
o She also reformed _______
_________________________ and eased the
burden on _____________________.

Hohenzollern Prussia:

While Austria grew as a __________________

state, Prussia emerged as a
__________________ power.
o Prussia was created in the 1600s when the
________________________ family united their
lands.
o _________________________
_______________________ _____ came to power
in 1713 and gained the ______________ of
nobles by giving them positions in the
___________ and _________________________.
Frederick trained his son ____________________
_____ in the art of
war.
o When the Frederick II became king in
1740, he seized __________________ from
Austria, sparking the _________ _____
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____________________________.
o He forced Europe to see Prussia as a great
power and became known as
_____________________ ______
___________________.

How did Frederick

William increase
his power?
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The Rivalry of Great Powers:

Two basic rivalries existed in Europe by

1750.
o
o
These rivalries sometimes resulted in
worldwide conflict, as in the
__________________ ________________ _________
between 1756 and 1763. The Treaty of
Paris ended this war and gave ______________
a huge empire.

What were the two

main rivalries after
1750?
1)
2)