New Economics
Author of 'The Wealth of Nations'
Adam Smith
As part of a diplomatic deal to ease tensions between Austria and France she was sent as a bride to the future Louis XVI
Marie-Antoinette
War begun initially to attempt to crush the power of Prussia in Europe. Rapidly expands to become a global war
The Seven Year's War
"Paris is worth a Mass"
Henri IV
Inventor of the seed drill
Jethro Tull
French phrase indicating that government should not interfere in economics
Laissez-Faire
Edict issued by Charles V, in 1713, to guarantee the inheritance of the Habsburg throne and territories by his daughter, Maria Theresa.
The Pragmatic Sanction
A war fought to prevent the Bourbon family acquiring a second throne
The War of Spanish Succession
One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to fight the wolves.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Vegetable that became a food staple. A single acre of this crop could feed a family for a year
Potato
Economic system that was eventually replaced by Smith's capital based model
Mercantilism
First Prime Minister of Great Britain
Sir Robert Walpole
As part of this peace deal, Britain acquired French Canada and the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
The Treaty of Paris, 1763
"The State? That is me."
Louis XIV
the movement of peasant farmers from the rural environment into cities after the removal of their farm land.
Urbanization
The purpose of government, according to Smith, was simply to do what?
Protect the people [from foreign invasion]
in 1714, the throne of England was occupied by which new royal house?
The House of Hanover
Catherine the Great's dabbling with enlightened despotism ended abruptly due to this
Pugachev's Revolt.
"I am the first servant of the State"
Frederick the Great
Vocal advocate of the new concept of crop rotation
Charles "Turnip" Townshend
Process by which Smith the competitive free market would automatically self-regulate
The Invisible Hand
Princess of Anhalt-Dornburg who stepped up to Queen in 1745 and achieved even greater power in 1762.
Catherine the Great
Prussian seizing of this then Austrian province lead to a major war
Silesia
"Crush the Infamous Thing"
Voltaire
The consolidation of formerly public pasture lands into private ownership
The Enclosure movement