HY 102 Lecture 6: Balance Of Power
21 Mar 2016
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Most of central and south america was controlled by spain (later, cali and. Dutch controlled asian trade, worried about britain. France had canada; water-route focused, st. lawrence, mississippi river; didn"t have actual settlements or people in america, just had the water- routes; were friends with native americans. Great britain, was trying to expand in europe. 1707, great britain is formed (england, scotland, ireland, and wales) This removes the chances of them fighting. Merge banks and universities (scottish = brains, and british = 29208) Went with 14th grandson instead of austrian royalty; this would have created too much power. Goal is not to crush opponent, just balance out power. Absolute monarchs increase strength: leads to balance of power wars. Copies louis xiv system and becomes major power. Modernization program; forces nobility to share power with those who work on russian government.
