War of Austrian Succession


 * Conflict over Maria Theresa's right to be the Hapsburg Holy Roman Emperor
 * Began with Frederick the Great's invasion of Silesia
 * Triggered by Charles Albert's claims in defiance of Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanction
 * Included:
 * The First Carnatic War
 * Stringer Lawrence and the Nawabs of Arcot fought here
 * The War of Jenkins' Ear
 * Saw clashes at Fontenoy and Mollwitz
 * Kurt von Schwerin urged Frederick to flee the field in an early battle
 * Then won a victory that influenced the advent of the oblique order tactic
 * Thomas Matthews was court-martialed during this war for failing to hold a blockade at the Battle of Toulon