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The Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire. Comprised of Austrians, Hungarians, & Bohemians. Problems with Empire Multinational empire with different cultures and languages. Religious differences (continuous wars) Threatening Ottoman Turks Main alliance (Spain) deteriorating in power and influence.

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The Austrian Empire

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  1. The Austrian Empire • Comprised of Austrians, Hungarians, & Bohemians. • Problems with Empire • Multinational empire with different cultures and languages. • Religious differences (continuous wars) • Threatening Ottoman Turks • Main alliance (Spain) deteriorating in power and influence.

  2. Eastern monarchs gain political power • They imposed and collected permanent taxes without consent. • They maintained permanent standing armies. • They conducted foreign relations with other states as they pleased.

  3. Leopold I (1658-1705) • He successfully repelled the Turks in 1683 gaining lands of Transylvania and Hungary. • Tried to centralize the government; partly successful.

  4. Charles VI (1711-1740) • Inherited a fragile union of lands (Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary) • Issued the Pragmatic Sanction (1713) to solidify the Hapsburg Throne. • The Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided and were always to be passed intact to a single heir, who might be female. • Prince Frances Rakoczy leads a rebellion in Hungary, fails, but forces the Hapsburg to restore some traditional privileges.

  5. Effects on Hungary • Hungary accepted Hapsburg rule in return for restoring traditional privileges. • Hungary never became a fully centralized state under its own ruler.

  6. Maria Theresa (1740-1780) • Daughter of Charles VI. • Left with poor army, empty treasury, ineffective bureaucracy, and Czech rebellion from Bohemia.

  7. M.T.’s State Building Policies • Reformed the church by forbidding the founding of new monasteries. • Abolished the clergy’s exemptions of taxes • Established a new bureaucracy in Vienna by appointing new local officials (helped her collect taxes) • Improved the military and its training

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