The European State System
1. 1700s
-------- Death of Louis XIV War of the Austrian Succession Great Northern War ends Peter the Great begins construction of St. Petersburg Beginning of rapid development of plantations in Caribbean Peace of Utrecht treaties end War of Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of England
2. 1703
-------- Death of Louis XIV War of the Austrian Succession Great Northern War ends Peter the Great begins construction of St. Petersburg Beginning of rapid development of plantations in Caribbean Peace of Utrecht treaties end War of Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of England
3. 1713–1714
-------- Death of Louis XIV War of the Austrian Succession Great Northern War ends Peter the Great begins construction of St. Petersburg Beginning of rapid development of plantations in Caribbean Peace of Utrecht treaties end War of Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of England
4. 1714
-------- Death of Louis XIV War of the Austrian Succession Great Northern War ends Peter the Great begins construction of St. Petersburg Beginning of rapid development of plantations in Caribbean Peace of Utrecht treaties end War of Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of England
5. 1715
-------- Death of Louis XIV War of the Austrian Succession Great Northern War ends Peter the Great begins construction of St. Petersburg Beginning of rapid development of plantations in Caribbean Peace of Utrecht treaties end War of Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of England
6. 1721
-------- Death of Louis XIV War of the Austrian Succession Great Northern War ends Peter the Great begins construction of St. Petersburg Beginning of rapid development of plantations in Caribbean Peace of Utrecht treaties end War of Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of England
7. 1733
-------- Death of Louis XIV War of the Austrian Succession Great Northern War ends Peter the Great begins construction of St. Petersburg Beginning of rapid development of plantations in Caribbean Peace of Utrecht treaties end War of Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of England
8. 1740–1748
-------- Death of Louis XIV War of the Austrian Succession Great Northern War ends Peter the Great begins construction of St. Petersburg Beginning of rapid development of plantations in Caribbean Peace of Utrecht treaties end War of Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of England