HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Upper Austria
30 Oct 2012
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The 18th century balance of power to the austrian succession, 1715-1748 http://www. buzzle. com/articles/war-of-austrian-succession. html. Maria theresa of austria secured: all the leading european and german states, except bavaria,, guaranteed the pragmatic. Maria theresa was dealing with the challenges in her provinces: they lacked any administrative unity and the army had been shattered and demoralized (internal struggles) December 1740, king of prussia (frederick ii: ambitious, meticulous, expansionist) invaded silesia (which is the wealthiest of the habsburg lands) and began the war of the austrian succession (surprise: not a traditional enemy, had always been supportive) alliances. 1741: prussian army got the support of french forces. 1742: frederick started a withdrawal after winning several territories that austria had won in 1741. Austria and prussia engaged in the battle of chotusitz in bohemia; austria"s objective is to retake prague. Prussia agreed to a truce in exchange for most of silesia with maria theresa this ended the first silesian war.
