Dates 2 Flashcards
***1689-1789
The age of enlightenment/reason
***1776
-Adam Smith publishes Wealth of Nations
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) is fought.
***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. This is the first meeting in 175 years.
***June 20-27–
the tennis court oath
***July 14, 1789
Storming of the Bastille—Symbolic Destruction of the Old Regime Saves the National Constituent Assembly.
**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 - 2
Father of Modern Conservatism”, the Brit Edmund Burk