HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Sinking Fund, John Burgoyne, Critical Role
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Subsequent to the 7-year war there was a shift of power towards. The balance of power was now in favor of three monarchies: austria, Example: poland was divided up between the states. No one interfered when they broke up poland, which proved their true dominance over eastern europe. The decline of france was the real story of european politics post. France increasing international immobility decreased its power base. The financial weakness was the real source of its lack of strength. The 7-year war had set in motion bankruptcy, which would eventually lead to the. French revolution and the destruction of the bourbon monarchy. In the period after the 7-year of war there appeared to be a shift of power of strategic gravity within the system towards the. In the events post 1763 seemed to indicate that the real balance of power had been shifted in favor of the domination by the great.
