Exam 15: Competing for Power and Wealth: The Old Regime, 1715-1789

_____________ used the accession of Maria Theresa of Austria as an excuse to invade Silesia and start the War of the Austrian Succession.

Austria in the early eighteenth century

Population growth during the eighteenth century

An important contrast between the eighteenth century novel and eighteenth century art and architecture was

Catherine the Great's interest in the Enlightenment led to much greater freedom for the Russian peasants.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

American independence

The major geopolitical result of the Wars of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War combined was

Another name for the middle classes of the eighteenth century is _________________.

Catherine the Great of Russia did all of the following. Which one was not in accord with Enlightenment principles?

The Whigs and the Tories

Two major factions that dominated British politics in the eighteenth century were the Whigs and the________.

The two major music styles of the eighteenth century were

Why might the eighteenth century be considered a century of both growing prosperity and deepening social misery?

___________ governed France far less effectively than his predecessor, Louis XIV.

Poland was partitioned because

Which country do you believe was the more successful in the eighteenth century, England or France? Consider internal developments, military affairs and events in the colonies of both nations.

The African slave trade in the eighteenth century

The major change of alliances precipitated by Maria Theresa's desire to retake Silesia from Prussia is referred to as the ___________.

Eighteenth century warfare