Question

Which regions became more powerful between 1680 and 1713?
Grew in Power
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Declined in Power
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1. France
2. Spain
3. Britain
4. Dutch Republic
5. Brandenburg-Prussia
6. Sweden
7. Russia

Answer 1

Grew in Power
- France — (Louis XIV’s France remained the dominant continental power through territorial gains and strong central government, despite costly wars).
- Britain — (maritime and colonial expansion; gains in the Treaty of Utrecht; rising naval and commercial dominance).
- Brandenburg‑Prussia — (consolidation and militarization; rising status in central Europe; Frederick I crowned 1701/1713 developments).
- Russia — (Peter the Great’s reforms and territorial expansion, becoming a major Baltic power).

Declined in Power
- Spain — (continued imperial and economic decline, lost influence and territories in the War of the Spanish Succession).
- Dutch Republic — (relative decline in trade and naval supremacy versus Britain and France).
- Sweden — (defeated in the Great Northern War and losing its Baltic hegemony).