The Accomplishments Of Maria Theresa And How She Changed The World

When and Where
Maria Theresa’s 40 year reign began on October 20, 1740, right after her father passed away and gave the throne to her. She ruled over Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Glacia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. Maria Theresa was the last of the House of Habsburg and the only ever female ruler of the Habsburg dominions.
Her Accomplishments
Maria Theresa was the Archduchess of Austria, the Queen of Bohemia, and the Queen of Hungary. She wanted to make life throughout her kingdom better. She provided education to male serfs, created a new school system based on the Prussian one, where all children of both genders from the ages of six to twelve had to attend school, free-tenant status of peasants,

She unified the currency, measures, weights, customs, and taxes of the Habsburg, and created a unified judicial code that we call the Theresian. It was the foundation for many of today’s Central European laws. The Archduchess created a professional army by maintaining a seven year service for every male serf in her kingdom. She proclaimed that German was the only acceptable language to communicate in and forced her kingdom to speak German. The Empress also decreased the power of the nobility. Maria Theresa led a very successful Reformation that was well structured and changed the way the government ran in the Habsburg dominions. She created a system of appellate courts and abolished the use of torture to get a confession. Maria Theresa created a tax on the Catholic Church, taxes on the nobility, and required all elected officials to have their qualification checked before receiving

She respected the rights of her people and expected them to respect hers. The Archduchess was pretty much the first person to live by the Golden Rule, “One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.” The reason that so many people liked her was because she felt like her cause should be her people’s cause and that helped her get ‘fans’. She also understood the importance of her public image and was able to simultaneously evoke both esteem and affection from her subjects. One thing that helped her along the way was her great ability to select good mentors to be her advisors by being able to see their true character easily. This helped her in the long run by making a very trustworthy