Explain the major political features of mid 18th century europe
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Mid-eighteenth century saw the following political features
French Revolution
Napoleonic wars
Beginning of Industrialisation
Growth of Romanticism
Revival of Cultures
By the middle of the 18th century, the scientific revolution was in full swing; decades of research had been compiled, exchanged, corroborated, and communicated to the public. As the most prolific mathematician and scientist of the time, Leonhard Euler made significant contributions to many different fields, including optics, mechanics, artillery, naval science, planetary motion, and several branches of calculus. More recently, the 20th century science historian Clifford Truesdell has calculated that of all the mathematical and scientific work published during the whole of the 18th century, a full 25% was written by Euler.
The French Revolution and subsequent ‘Reign of Terror’ (1793 – 1794) shook France. The mid-eighteenth century also saw the demise of the Polish -Lithuanian Commonwealth, a bi-confederation of Poland and Lithuania, ruled by a single Monarch.
Following various voyages by explorers, the eighteenth century witnessed European colonisation of the Americas and Great Britain establishing their might in the Indian subcontinent. However, Britain lost many of its colonies in Americas, after the Indian Wars and American revolution. The French under Napoleon Bonaparte, also tried to set up alliance with India through the south Indian ruler Hyder Ali.