AP European History / Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism
3.6 Balance of Power
Notes
European states tried to keep any one power from dominating. Wars: War of the Spanish Succession (Treaty of Utrecht, 1713), War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years' War (Britain won colonies).
Practice
The balance of power aimed to:
Shifting alliances.
The Treaty of Utrecht (1713) kept:
War of the Spanish Succession.
The Seven Years' War left Britain with:
1763.
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