Impact of The Great War for Empire in Europe :: European Europe History

Impact of The Great War for Empire in Europe The Great War for Empire was one of the most important factors in plastic the economic and political futures for all of Europe in theeighteenth century and for all time to come. In this essay I will discussthe causes, the events, and at last the results of this important war,which consisted of the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War. The War of the Austrian Succession began as King Frederick II gainedthe throne to Prussia, and in less than a year ordered his troops to takeand occupy the large Austrian province of Silesia. The leader of Austriawas Maria Theresa Although she was an inexperienced leader, she wascapable of arousing former(a) groups (like the Magyars of Hungary) to help her non re-take Silesia, but to maintain the Hapsburg dynasty as a majorpolitical power. France was also one of these powers to fight, they did notwant a powerful force to emerge in Prussia and to ever become an strongenemy (ironi bring downy, thats just what happens). The wealthy Britishmerchants pushed England to financially assist the Prussian aggressors, inthe hope of weakening France and winning other fights off-continent. The causes which led up to the Seven Years War, were very similar tothose just eight years previously. King Frederick invaded another province,Saxony, and this triggered another alliance between Austria and France withthe goal to all destroy Prussia. There was also a growing conflictfacing France and Great Britain that would continue to increase inmomentum. This war was the prelude to what American would call The Frenchand Indian War in which these two European countries would fight for landin the Americas. The events of the War of Austrian Succession, fortuitously for France,worked out exactly as Great Britain planned it. The French resources ofwar were divided between the Americas and the fight against Prussia. Theeight year war was a fight between the superior army and res ources of GreatBritain and the strategic mastery of French generals, like Marshal Mauricede Saxe, who led many successful battles. The war eventually ended in astalemate, with Austria not regaining Silesia, but it definitely provenitself able to fend off any other battles from Prussia--thanks to GreatBritains help. The war brought to a peace by the accord of Aix-la-Chapelle. In the Seven Years War, the issues was simply the survival of Prussia,