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18th century warfare Flashcards

1
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Who initially allies with Prussia in order to take Sillisia

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France and Spain

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Why did France initially ally with Prussia

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France backs the claim of unclaimed king/ to further weaken HRE

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Who claims to be the king of austri

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Charles Albert of Bavaria who is the cousin of Maria Theresa

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Why did Spain initally ally with Prussia

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Wants land in the HRE (Lombardy and Tuscanny)

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Who allies with Maria Theresa initally

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Britian because they are always against the French

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What ends the war of Austrian succession

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Treaty of Aixla Chapelle

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What does the Treaty of Aixla Chepelle say

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go back to normal, Prussia gets Silesia

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What trades happen through the treaty of Aixla Chapelle

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Louisburg for madras. Britian to French

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Who is the Emporer of Austria post treaty of Aixla

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Francis of Lorraine, Francis I

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10
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Wealtheist province of HRE

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sisellia

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11
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Who was sent from Austria to alliance with others, who did he get

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Kaunt von Kauniz, gets an alliance between Austria, France and Russia

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What is the Convenstion of West Minister

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britian and prussia alliance, prussia protects hanover

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13
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What color is russia

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green, lots of untrained menm

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14
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Austrian army reformation

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200k and reformed post austrian succession

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15
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France army stats

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200k, untrained or supplied

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16
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Where did the seven years war start

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1754 gwash was defeated at fort neccessity

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17
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How does Fred the great fight when everyone is surrounding him

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goes on offensive

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18
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first fred great attack

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invades saxony and takes army

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19
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first major attack between fred the great and one of the powers

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attacks austria at prague in may or june, defeats France Austrian army at rossbach in November and austrian again in december

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20
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British start in india conquest

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General Robert Clive defeated french in india at plessy

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21
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First french victory in 7 years war

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overtook hanover, retook in june if 1758 by brits

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22
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Prussia vs Russia first major battle

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Zorndorf, prussia looses 37 percent men, russia looses 50

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23
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first fred loss

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October of 1758, Austria defeats at Hochkirk

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24
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1759 battles

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fred attacks russia austria at kunersford and was defeated

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25
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what stops russia from taking berlin

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supply chain

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26
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1760 battles

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fred def austrians at torgav

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27
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Who takes throne after george II

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George III

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28
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First thing george III does

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He is power hungry and fires William Pitt in 1763

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29
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Last french outpost in india

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1761 brits take city of pondicherry

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30
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What saves Frederick the Great

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1762 russian army marches to berlin but Tsarina elizabeth dies and Peter III is king and orders the troops off, forming an alliance. Named the Miracle of the house of Brandenburg

31
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how does the russian millitary respond to the Miracle of the house of Brandenburg

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They plot with his wife (catherine) to kill him and make her the tsarina

32
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why did france not have much participation in the 7 years war

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they were losing colonies and being stretched because of that

33
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How did spain contribute in the7 years war

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started late and invaded portugal until brits beat them out

34
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What treaty ended the colonial phase of the war

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treaty of paris

35
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result of treaty of paris

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France lost everthing in NA except Michelon and st. pierre. Britian keeps france stuff and returns Guadalupe, Martinique. Spain got cuba and phillipeans in return for florida to brits and their backing out of portugal

36
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who takes india

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Britian under General clive

37
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What treaty ended the europe portion of the war

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Treaty oof Hubertusburg

38
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What does the Treaty of hubersburg say

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Status quo, prussia out of saxony, austria out of sisillia

39
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winners

39
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losers

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france and austria

40
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what happens to prussia post war

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lost 10 percent of pop

41
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what happens to maria theresa post war

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lost silesia and lost hungary through consilidations

42
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which indians helped each side in NA French war

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Huron helped france, iriqois helped Britain

43
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How did Britian feel after the war diplomatically

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lost everyones trust and now the colonies

44
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How did brits take quebec

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instead of going through the woods, they used boats to attack the wide open abrahamic plaines of Quebec

45
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What is the effect of the french inidan war

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American Revolution

46
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What was the economic reason for American revolution

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Sugar and stamp act where authored to pay back the protection from the French inidan war, did not like that at all

47
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Result of the Sugar stamp act

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stamp act congress, used threat of not trading with them to get them to repeal the acts

48
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what was the declatory act

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parliament can tax in the future but also gets rid of sugar stamp act

49
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Who was the newest tax collector for the brits

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Charles Townsend, Chancellor of Exchange, passed townsend actsr

50
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result of townsend act

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Tar and feathring the tax collectors

51
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Result of taring and feathering

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troops went to protect tax colletors, leads to boston massacre

52
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result of boston massacre

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brits repealed all but the tea tax

53
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result of tea tax

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boston tea party

54
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result of tea party

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1st contential congress to negotiate settlement with parliament.

55
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what disrupts the contential congress

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lexington and concord make the negotioations anything but pretty

56
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First real battle of AR

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Bunker/Breeds Hill,

57
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What page unified USA

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Thomas Paines common Sense

58
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What battle brought france to fight

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Saratoga 1777

59
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How was the decleration of independence justified

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Through the Glorious revolution example

60
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Treaty of aran Juaz

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France got spain into war promising spain could aquire Minorca, flordia, gibraltar

61
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When did Dutch enter the AR

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1780, before this they were selling weapons

62
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What was the spanish american relationship during the Ar

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spainish did not like them, only in the war to fight the british

63
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Prime minister during the AR

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Lord north, picked due to his non political presence

64
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What was the southern strategy

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Brits go after more loyal to brits south, does not work well

65
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Who is John Wilkes

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Radial parliamentarian man who wrote the north brition, very critical of goverenment

66
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what happens to john wilkes due to his speaking

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he was expelled from parliament bc of libel and rewon election 3 times after that, only allowed back in after he got elected mayor of london

67
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what did john wilkes represent

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convinced americans that george iii was running a corrupt government

68
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impact of AR on whole of europe

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shows that democracy could work, monarchy was not neccesary

69
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Brits economic impact form AR

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it was not a big deal to them, just socially embarressed

70
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French econ impact from AR

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pushed them over the edge

71
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Treaty of paris 1783

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spain kept Florida and Minorca

72
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What came from the response of the AR in Britain

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THe yorkshire association movement

73
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what is the yorkshire association movement

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movement where chris wyvil and other landowners protested for moderate change

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