•streamlined
many aspects of government and the military.
•The
serfs
•in
the later years of her
rule she strove to
improve the lives of
serfs by reducing the
power nobles had
over them.
•Son—Joseph
II
Austrian
ruler Maria Theresa started many reforms, but it was really her son, Joseph
II, who is better characterized as an “enlightened” monarch.
Maria
Theresa centralized and streamlined many aspects of government and the
military. In addition, in the later years of her rule she strove to improve
the lives of serfs by reducing the power nobles had over them.