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enlightenment
reform culture and expand knowledge
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absolute monarchy
type of government where there is a figure head (king queen) at the front of power
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Habsburgs
important royal house of europe mainly austria
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spanish tercio
formation for war with pike men in the middle flanked by musketeers
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louis XIV
1638-1715 reined for 72 years louiis the great, dressed very flamboyantly in an effort to centralize power by drawing in all the nobility and dissipating their power.
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30 years war
1618-1648 started because some priests were thrown out a window, very long and bloody war for the time.
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siege of vienna
1683 defeat of ottamans, and rise of habsburgs
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great powers in 18th 19th centuries
britain, france, austria, russia, prussia
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eugene of savoy
austrian habsburg military commander, very adept
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peter the great
tsar of russia1682 till death, sister was tsarina ahead of him, and wasnt sure if she wanted him to succede her or not.
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fredrick the great
king of prussia,
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maria theresa
queen of france and wife to louis XIV
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catherine the great
emporess or russia, grew russia stronger and larger than ever, wasnt respected at first.
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seven years war
1756-1763 french and indian war
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social contract theory
exchange freedoms for protection
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louis XVI
king of france supported americans who were looking for independance from brits
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storming of the bastille
july 14 1789 flash point of the french revolution
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war of the first coalition
1792-1797 multinational efferts against the revolutionaary french
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Napoleon
declares himself emperor in 1804 odd because he was supposed to be a president like individual, after the last emperor was ousted, but people accepted this fact, also one of the greatest military men ever in terms of strategy and ability to motivate.
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egyptian canpaign
1798-99 napolean fighting in egypt gets trapped and he retreats hailed as hero when he gets back but his army is stranded
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war of the second coalition
1798-1801 same story as the first contain french revolutions
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war of the third coalition
1803-1805 defeat of the coalition forces at the hands of napolean
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traflagar
1805 sea battle british vs spanish and french Horatio nelson hero for british victory even though he is killed
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horatio nelson
famouse flag ship officer in royal navy notable performance in battle of trafalgar where he died.
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duke of wellington
defeated napolean at waterloo
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austria war of independance
1809
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archduke charles
beats napolean
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tsar alexander I
allied with king of prussia against Napolean
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continental system
embargo by napolean on british goods
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battle of leipzig
1813 allied forces beat napolean
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100 days waterloo
1815 napolean defeated by seventh coalition fought valiently but couldnt be everywhere at once
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crimean war
1854-56 britain helps ottomans against russians
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sinope
1853 explosive shells used russians destroy turkish fleet
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austro prussian war
1866 3 prussian armies march in and evicerate them
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franco prussian war
1870 unites germany and uses media to build support
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battle of konnigratz
1866 prussian armies march in austrians overwhelmed
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battle of lissa
1866 austria vs italy at sea austrian flag ship rammed and samk italian flagship
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