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W. History 17-3
W. History 17-3
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10th Grade
01/23/2013

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rococo
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highly secular artistic style popular by the 1730s
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Catherine II
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ruler of Russia from 1762 to 1796
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enlightened absolutism
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monarchical rule by Enlightenment principles
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Maria Theresa
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traditional Austrian empress
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diplomatic revolution of 1756
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led to a worldwide war
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France gave Louisiana to Spain, Spanish Florida came under British control, and Canada became British
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All of the following are outcomes of the Seven Years' War in North America
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Prussia invaded Austrian Silesia
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In the War of the Austrian Succession
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prevent domination by one state
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The concern of eigteenth-century monarchs for a balance of power basically involved the desire to ....
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favor the landed nobility, expand serfdom, and enlarge the Russian Empire
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Catherine the Great of Russia did all of these things...
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enlarged the army
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Frederick the Great of Prussia
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