AP European History / Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century
5.1 Contextualizing 18th-Century States
Notes
States competed for global trade and empire. Revolutions in America and France spread ideas of liberty. Britain rose as the leading power.
Practice
The leading European power by the late 1700s:
Naval and commercial strength.
Revolutions in this period spread ideas of:
Enlightenment.
European rivalry in the 1700s was often fought:
Global wars.
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