Reconstruction is largely seen as a failure, and many historians believe this was primarily because the South for so long had been dependent on slaves that in one swift motion the South's entire livelihood shifted. This dramatic shift was too much for the Southerners to absorb at once, and harsh Jim Crow laws sprang up.
The absolute monarch Maria Theresa of Austria increase her authority by curbing the power of the nobles and<span> limiting the power of the Church. </span>
