Analytical Essay: The Austrian War Of Succession

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“Austrian War of Succession”
The Austrian War of Succession was on a day in December of 1740. Frederick The Second, who was also known as The Great Frederick The Second, invaded Silesia. Frederick The Second did an act that spreaded harm through Europe.
The act that he did was that he did not have respect for institutions or even the imperial law. He did not have any respect for the imperial law or the institutions because sometimes they would be in the way of his territories security.
On December of 1745 Austria, forced by Prussia, signed the Treaty of Dresden. Breslau, three years in from then, signed a similar treaty with Prussia.
On June 27 of 1742, Austria and their allies defeated French in the Battle of Dettingen. Austria’s allies included the British, Hanoverians, and the Hessians. …show more content…

But instead, at the imperial election, supported Francis Stephen’s thought of Austria’s restoration of the conquest to Bavaria.
Frederick feared the growing power of Austria, and entered the war again. This Second Silesian War, was resolved by December of 1745. The Treaty of Dresden, on the same day and month, resolved this problem. This treaty made it so that Prussia had possession of Silesia. Silesia was one of Habsburg’s richest provinces.
Savoy and the Austrians united in September of 1743. Because of this, the French were withdrawing towards their borders. Charles-Louis-Auguste Fourquet made an alliance with Spain, and with Bavaria. Charles-Louis-Auguste Fourquet also made an alliance with Saxony and also with Prussia to defeat Austria.
European powers have been wanting to break apart the power of the Habsburg Empire. In 1741, Maria Theresa has to deal with the forces from the Bavarians, the French, and also the Prussians.
In June of 1741, the French and Bavarians go through Bohemia, and in order to get there, they had to go through Austria. Both the French and Bavarian armies finally entered

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