The Middle Years of the Eighteenth Century

In 17 forty two major deaths paved the way for a new international order in europe. First the king in prussia, frederick william the first, and then the holy roman emperor, charles the sixth. This sparked an international crisis that would soon lead to global war as the other great powers lined up on either side of the fight. The middle years of the eighteenth century will not be kind to France at all on the world stage.