1727-1783 Flashcards
1
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Accession of George II
A
1727
2
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Death of Isaac Newton
A
1727
3
Q
First ‘Methodist’ meetings at Oxford
A
1729
4
Q
Treaty of Seville
A
1729 - signed on 9 November between Great Britain, France and Spain, concluding the Anglo-Spanish War
5
Q
Townshend’s resignation as Secretary of State
A
1730
6
Q
Treaty of Vienna
A
1731 - collapse of Anglo-French alliance
7
Q
War of the Polish Succession
A
1733
8
Q
Porteous Riots
A
1736 - Edinburgh, murder of Captain John Poretous, of the the city guard in Edinburgh by a mob.
9
Q
Hardwicke Lord Chancellor
A
1737
10
Q
Death of Queen Caroline
A
1737
11
Q
Wesley’s ‘conversion’
A
1738
12
Q
War of Jenkins’ Ear
A
1739
13
Q
War of Austrian Succession
A
1740
14
Q
David Hume’s ‘Essays, Moral and Philosophical’
A
1741
15
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Wapole’s resignation: Carteret (Granville) ministry
A
1742
16
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Granville dismissed: Broad-Bottom ministry
A
1744
