1750

The 7 Years War and the War of the Austrian Succession (Pragmatic Sanction)
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle which caused the 7 Years War because it
didnt give Silesia back to Austria
The American Revolution
Reason of state and the diplomatic revolution of 1756 which caused
a kind of worldwide war, where France and Britain fought over overseas
colonies and Austria and Prussia fought over Silesia
Treaty of Paris in 1763 made Britain the greatest colonial power in the
world when the French gives Britain Canada and lands east of the
Mississippi

Beginning of the Industrial Revolution

Agricultural revolution, Quesnay and
Cotton industry
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations , and laissez-faire
Quesnay and the Physiocrats

Religious freedom ideas from the Enlightenment

Napoleon took away Catholicism as the official religion of France
Jew Bill (England 1753) - gave more rights for the Jews

Crazy population growth

Emile by Rousseau gave a new view of kids that labeled childhood as a
separate stage from adulthood, and kids were treated better
Practice of primogeniture (or favoring the firstborn) declined
Infanticide was happening in poor families
Aristocratic life: The Grand Tour of Europe
Big poverty and prostitution problem

The Enlightenment was going on, so all of the philosophes associated

with it and their ideas. Ex: Adam Smith Wealth of Nations
Romantic writings and lyrical Ballads beginning with Wordsworth ( The
Prelude ) and Coleridge ( The Lyrical Ballads marked beginning of literary
romanticism)

Georgian style countryside, making houses big and cool

Rococo from 1720 to 1780, began in France
Neoclassicism from 1750 to 1830, began in Rome