Austria- Maria Theresa
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BACKGROUND
- Born May 13, 1717 in Vienna, Austria
- Ruled from 1740 to 1780
- Married Duke Francis Stephen of Lorraine, France
- Had 16 children, including Marie Antoinette
- Died November 29, 1780 in Vienna, Austria
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GOALS
- To improve the empire & make it bigger and greater
- Fought Prussia for Silesia
- Failed in the war and goal
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GROUPS OF THE DAY
- Russia and France were allies
- There were territory conflicts with Prussia
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ABSOLUTE POWER
- After the 30 year war they broke up into 3 parts
- Austria, Bohemia and Hungary.
- Hungary and Bohemia accepted the Habsburg rule.
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OPINION
- Yes it's an absolute monarch
- Maria Theresa took local control
- Took control of the Roman Catholic Church
- Created a bureaucracy
- Taxed the nobility and clergy
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CULTURE & LIFESTYLE
- Growing love of theater
- Vienna's universities broadened
- Growing middle class
- Conditions for serfs became worse
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