| Leaders and
Dynasty |
Problems/Failures
Wars/skirmishes |
Success/Accomplishments
Special Treaties |
Reason for Decline/Growth | |
| Portugal
|
Prince Henry
the Navigator |
began a highly profitable slave trade with the triangular trade | Treaty of Tordesilas - after Pope Alexander VI drew
a line down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean granted Spain the rights to
all newly discovered lands west of the line this treat moved the line further
west
gained colonies in Asia and grew sugar for export in Brazil |
slave trade profitable
declined because it could not control its officials at home or in its new colonies, population decreased because of risky adventures, and Spain annexed Portugal in 1580 |
| Spain
|
Isabella and Ferdinand
(Castille and Aragon) Charles V (Hapsburg) Phillip II (Bourbon & Hapsburg) |
War Of Spanish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession |
Treaty of Utrecht settled the War of Spanish Succession putting a Bourbon on the throne in Spain at the same time he was on the French throne. | Spanish shipped great amount s of wealth from their colonies but did not develop any industry, built large warships instead of smaller commercial ships, and had an inefficient government |
| Netherlands
|
Charles V
Phillip II William the Silent |
interested only in trade and did not try to convert the
colonies, interested only in expanding their economic base. their strength
was in their economic empire
|
self rule established by the Protestants or Calvinists and The Republic of the United Provinces or the Netherlands was created | only Calvinists could hold office |
| France
(Capet, Bourbon)
|
Henry IV (1st Bourbon) Louis XIII, Louis XIV (Bourbons)
Duke of Sully , Cardinal Mazarin, Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Louvois, Richelieu, advisors to the Bourbons |
War Of Spanish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession |
Treaty of Utrecht settled the War of Spanish Succession
Richelieu increased the power of the ruler through restructuring of intendants made them responsible to the king instead of nobles |
continued to grow |
| Russia
Romanov |
Michael Romanov (1st Romanov)
Peter the Great Catherine the Great |
Catherine won control of the Sea of Azov, most of the shore of the Black Sea and a protectorate over the Crimea | Poland partitioned by Austria, Prussia and Russia | continued to grow |
| Prussia
(Hohenzollern) |
Frederick William
(Hohenzollern) Frederick I Frederick William I Frederick II the Great |
War of the Austrian Succession
War Of Spanish Succession strengthened Prussia through strict discipline and the creation of a "monster" army |
Peace of Augsburg allowed German Princes to chose the religion for their area | continued to grow |
| Austria (HRE)
Holy Roman Empire (Hapsburg) |
Henry IV
Maria Teresa (Hapsburg) Hapsburgs also reigned in Spain, France, and many smaller city-states throughout Europe |
War of the Austrian Succession
War Of Spanish Succession married their families throughout Europe but caused problems of succession |
Treaty of Hubertusburg settled the war of Austrian
Succession after the Seven years war
Pragmatic Sanction allowed Maria Teresa to inherit the Hapsburg territories intact Diplomatic Revolution or reversal of alliances which settled the question of Austrian alliances |
lost Hapsburg territory to stronger military powers after many nations protested their marriages and took territory in a series of wars |
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