HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Montesquieu, Denis Diderot
23 Oct 2017
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Prussia v hapsburg and french and british but alliances flip. Hapsburg and french on same side diplomatic revolution big change from how it was before usually hapsburgs and french always at each others throat. Two kingdoms survive neither gains or loses territory, prussia loses some. Maria wants silesia back and teach fredrick a lesson looks bad for. Prussia russian was involved but empress died and new ruler like fredrick and pulled out of conflict and main reason they survived. Britain came out on top over france key territory in caribbean with sugar that was hella important euros loved sugar which meant fortune for the kingdom + got territory in north america and france not as important; British got almost everything and french basically vanished in 1763. Irresistible and defenseless who"s going to get it. Deals made 2 eastern euro rulers took a chunk of poland. Enlightened yet didn"t respect polish sovereignty, just saw land for taking.
