


So, population was rising in 18th century Europe and despite an extremely uneven distribution of wealth and lots of wartime casualties, many people were leading better lives. Or, continuing, I suppose, because it never really left town. Today, we’ll look outward to how the 18th century European powers engaged with each other and beyond Europe-which is to say that warfare is coming. Last time, we looked at how the monarchs did-and didn’t-incorporate the ideas of the Enlightenment into their domestic policies. Hi I’m John Green and this is Crash Course European History. Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Thanks to the following patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever:Įric Prestemon, Sam Buck, Mark Brouwer, Indika Siriwardena, Avi Yashchin, Timothy J Kwist, Brian Thomas Gossett, Haixiang N/A Liu, Jonathan Zbikowski, Siobhan Sabino, Zach Van Stanley, Jennifer Killen, Nathan Catchings, Brandon Westmoreland, dorsey, Kenneth F Penttinen, Trevin Beattie, Erika & Alexa Saur, Justin Zingsheim, Jessica Wode, Tom Trval, Jason Saslow, Nathan Taylor, Khaled El Shalakany, SR Foxley, Yasenia Cruz, Eric Koslow, Caleb Weeks, Tim Curwick, David Noe, Shawn Arnold, Andrei Krishkevich, Rachel Bright, Jirat, Ian Dundore New York: Bloomsbury, 2019.Ĭrash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at A History of Everyday Things: The Birth of Consumption in France, 1600-1800.Ĭambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America. Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World.

Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830. Some call it the Great War for Empire, and some call it a bunch of separate wars, but in any case, all this conflict was important, and you're going to learn all about it right now. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War.but we don't call it that, because we already have a couple of those coming up in the 20th century. European powers had a lot of wars in the 19th century, and they weren't confined to Europe.
