Ap Euro Term 2 Flashcards
Dates
***1689-1789
The Era of Enlightenment or Age of Reason
***1776
Adam Smith publishes Wealth of Nation
1712-1778
Jean-Jacques Rousseau must be recognized as the link between the Enlightenment and the Romantic Era.
***1689
English Bill of Rights
***1701-1713
Wars of Spanish Succession pits France (and Spain) against the Grand Alliance who wish to fight French hegemony
***1713
Treaty of Utrecht ends the War of Spanish Succession benefits the English, Prussians, and other members of the Grand Alliance opposing the “Sun King.”
Early 18th Century in England
Walpole becomes leader of government as de facto Prime Minister as England develops Party Politics
***1698-1725
Peter the Great Begins Westernization of Russia.
1700-1721
Great Northern War between Swedes and Russia ends with Russian expansion and emergence as the Great Baltic power
1713
The Pragmatic Sanction is signed
***1740
Frederick the Great of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria come to their respective Hohenzollern and Habsburg thrones and begin German dualisms duel
1740-1748
War of Austrian Succession between Frederick’s Prussia and Maria Theresa’s Austria begins.
***18th century
Rococo Art and Mozart
1756
Diplomatic Revolution
***1756-63
The Seven Years War (known as the French and Indian War in North America)
***1780-1790
Reign of Josef II of Austria
***1789-1815
French Revolution and Napoleonic Era
***May 5, 1789
The Estates General are summoned by Louis XVI to respond to the economic crisis.
***June 20-27
The Tennis Court Oath.
***July 14, 1789
Storming of the Bastille
***August 4, 1789
Abolition of feudal privileges by National Constituent Assembly
August 26,1789
Publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
***1790
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
***1790
“Father of Modern Conservatism”, the Brit Edmund Burke