European Wars - Mid 1700s

The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) pitted Austria, Great Britain, and the Dutch Republic against France and Prussia. According to McKay, Hill, Buckler, Crowston, and Weisner-Hanks (686), the war began under the pretext that the future Empress Maria Theresa of Austria should not have been allowed to succeed to the Habsburg Empire's throne because of her gender. Perhaps more significan

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