1710
Queen Anne's reign
1710 is a year in the early eighteenth century, during the reign of Queen Anne in Britain and the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe.
Like other year numbers, it functions as a noun or adjective: a 1710 map of the colonies, built in 1710.
Pronounced "seventeen ten."
Eighteenth-century European dynastic conflict
- Treaty of Utrecht1713 succession war settlement
- Great Northern WarBaltic supremacy conflict, 1700s
- BlenheimDucal estate, Woodstock
Era prioritizing reason over dogma
- reasonBasis or justification
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
Voltaire · Locke · natural philosophy · deism · skepticism · liberalism · social contract
English monarch, furniture period
- Peter the GreatRussian emperor, early 1700s
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- BachGerman composer surname
- VivaldiBaroque composer from Venice
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- balletClassical dance on pointe
wig · gentry · nobility · satire · pamphleteering · coffeehouse · portraiture · masquerade
Large-scale farming operation
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- trading postsFrontier merchandise exchange stations
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- frontierEdge of settlement
charter · governor · colonists · New World · empire · indigenous · settlement · slave trade
Machine for sowing crops
- agricultural revolutionShift to settled farming
- scientific revolutionTransformative change in understanding
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
crop rotation · selective breeding · navigation · surveying · printing press
Anti-absolutist party members
- ToriesBritish conservative faction
- House of CommonsElected parliamentary chamber
- House of LordsBritain's senior parliamentary body
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
War of Spanish Succession
Eighteenth-century European dynastic conflict
- Treaty of Utrecht1713 succession war settlement
- Great Northern WarBaltic supremacy conflict, 1700s
- BlenheimDucal estate, Woodstock
Enlightenment
Era prioritizing reason over dogma
- reasonBasis or justification
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
philosophy · Voltaire · Locke · natural philosophy · deism · skepticism · liberalism · social contract
Queen Anne
English monarch, furniture period
- Peter the GreatRussian emperor, early 1700s
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- BachGerman composer surname
Jethro Tull · Vivaldi · Marlborough · Harley · Louis XIV
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- operaTheatrical art combining song
ballet · wig · gentry · nobility · satire · pamphleteering · coffeehouse · portraiture · masquerade · patronage
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- trading postsFrontier merchandise exchange stations
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
frontier · charter · governor · colonists · New World · empire · indigenous · settlement · slave trade · tobacco
seed drill
Machine for sowing crops
- agricultural revolutionShift to settled farming
- scientific revolutionTransformative change in understanding
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
enclosure · crop rotation · selective breeding · navigation · surveying · printing press
Whigs
Anti-absolutist party members
- ToriesBritish conservative faction
- House of CommonsElected parliamentary chamber
- House of LordsBritain's senior parliamentary body