18 TH AND 19 TH CENTURY

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  • War of the Spanish Succession.

    War of the Spanish Succession.
    the conflict that arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. Leopold, however, refused to sign the treaty, demanding that Charles receive all the Spanish territories intact. They were later joined by Prussia, Hanover, other German states, and Portugal.

  • Enlightenment.

    Enlightenment.
    the goals of rational humanity were considered to be knowledge, freedom, and happiness.

  • War of the Austrian Succession.

    War of the Austrian Succession.
    the conglomeration of related wars, two of which developed directly from the death of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor and head of the Austrian branch of the house of Habsburg, on Oct. 20, 1740.

  • Mexican Independence.

    Mexican Independence.
    was a political and social process that developed over eleven years. It began on 16 September 1810 and ended on 27 September 1821 by liberating Mexico, formerly Viceroyalty of New Spain, from Spanish rule.

  • Congress of Vienna.

    Congress of Vienna.
    at reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. The settlement was the most-comprehensive treaty that Europe had ever seen. The subsequent treaties of peace.