Outline 7 Part 1 (The Seven Years War) Flashcards
Many scholars believe that the first global war was the _______.
7 years war
The 7 years war was also known as the _______.
French and Indian War
The 7 years war involved most of the great powers of the time. List 6 major areas affected.
Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines.
Although the 7 years war consisted of many struggles, the two major opponents of the 7 years war was ______ and _______.
Great Britain and France
The Seven Years’ War essentially comprised two struggles. One centered on the maritime and colonial conflict between _______ and its Bourbon enemies, _________ and _______; the second, on the conflict between ________ of Prussia and his opponents: _______, _______, ________, _______.
The Seven Years’ War essentially comprised two struggles. One centered on the maritime and colonial conflict between Britain and its Bourbon enemies, France and Spain; the second, on the conflict between Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia and his opponents: Austria, France, Russia, and Sweden.
Who did the Native Americans primarly fight alongside of?
French
Who became a hero after the Battle of Ft Duquense?
George Washington
Why did the colonists decide to fight in the war?
To get more land and resources
What was the Treaty that was signed to end the war?
Treaty of Paris
There was also a ‘front’ in the West Indies where the British won major victories. Britain seized this island from France in 1759.
Guadeloupe
In 1761 Spain entered the war. They soon lost this island in the West Indies to the British.
cuba
By 1760 all French bases in this African country (most importantly St.Louis) were occupied by the British. What country?
Senegal
France also lost most of its possessions in Southern India. The British victory at _______ in 1757 ended all French plans for a conquest of India.
Plassey.
also led to the control of the Carnatic Coast
At the Peace of Paris in 1763, Great Britain obtained the following territories from France.
Canada, Louisiana, Cape Breton, Senegal
At the Peace of Paris in 1763 Great Britain obtained this territory from Spain.
Florida
The Europen branch of the Seven Years’ War was mainly a struggle over one specific European area. Which?
Silesia
After 1753 Austria decided to make a political compromise with _______ and with this ally form a coalition against ________?
After 1753 Austria decided to make a political compromise with FRANCE and with this ally form a coalition against PRUSSIA?
Which of the following is true of the Treaty of Paris?
A)France ceded all territorial possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain
B) France ceded territory in Louisiana and Florida to Spain
C) Spain received the colony of West Florida from Britain
D)All these answers
A)France ceded all territorial possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain
Which of the following best characterizes the French and Indian War?
A) All these answers
B) It was the North American chapter of the Seven Year’s War fought in Europe
C) Both France and Britain recruited various Native American tribes and allies in the conflict
D) It was the last of the four major colonial wars between France, Britain, and Native American allies
A) All these answers
The French and Indian War was mostly caused by:
A) The competing land claims and expansion into the Ohio Territory by both France and Britain
B) The disputes between France and Britain over claims to the Louisiana Territory
C) New France’s growing fur trade, which was expanding into British North America
D) All these answers
A) The competing land claims and expansion into the Ohio Territory by both France and Britain
The Seven Year’s War led to:
A) The cessation of vast amounts of territory to Britain by France
B) The doubling of Britain’s national debt which led to increased taxes on the American colonies
C) The Proclamation of 1763, which prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
D)All these answers
D) All these answers
During the seven years war, the British and their colonists defeated France and took away _____________.
Their lands in North America
The world’s Imperial powers were at war over:
A) territory, resources, and trade routes
B) the island of Cuba
C) North American Indians
D) Slavery
A) territory, resources, and trade routes
The conflict between Sweden and Prussia during the 7 years was was called the ____.
Pomeranian war
The conflict on the Indian subcontinent was called the ________.
Third Carnatic War
The conflict between Prussia and Austria was called the ________.
Third Silesian War
Conflict between Great Britain and France broke out in 1754–1755 when the British attacked disputed French positions in North America and seized hundreds of ___________.
French merchant ships
Rising power Prussia was struggling with Austria for dominance within and outside the __________ in central Europe.
Holy Roman Empire
In 1756, the major powers “switched partners”; Prussia established an alliance with Britain while traditional enemies France and Austria formed an alliance of their own with the __________.
Treaty of Versailles.
The Anglo-Prussian (Prussian and Brittish) alliance was joined by smaller German states (especially Hanover) and later ______, which therefore suffered a Franco-Spanish invasion.
Portugal
The _______ alliance included Sweden, Saxony and later Spain.
Austrian-French
The Russian Empire was originally aligned with Austria, but switched sides upon the succession of Tsar________ in 1762.
Peter III
The war ended with the Treaty of Paris among France, Spain and Great Britain and the Treaty of ______ among Saxony, Austria and Prussia, in 1763.
Hubertusburg
The war was successful for __________, which gained the bulk of New France in North America, Spanish Florida, some individual Caribbean islands in the West Indies, the colony of Senegal on the West African coast, and superiority over the French trading outposts on the Indian subcontinent.
Great Britain
The War of the Austrian Succession was against these two alliances:
France and Prussia VS Austria and Brittian
The War of the Austrian Succession start when King Frederick II of Prussia seized the prosperous province of _____ from Austria.
Silesia
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria had signed the Treaty of ________ in 1748 in order to gain time to rebuild her military forces and forge new alliances, which she did with remarkable success.
Aix-la-Chapelle
Prussia’s only major assistance came from _______, her new-found ally, whose reigning dynasty saw its ancestral Hanoverian possessions in Germany being threatened by France.
Great Brittain
The ______ had the largest, most effective navy in the world, while ______ had the most formidable land force in continental Europe.
The BRITISH had the largest, most effective navy in the world, while PRUSSIA had the most formidable land force in continental Europe.
At the conclusion of the war, the Brits get _________ and most of _______.
At the conclusion of the war, the Brits get INDIA, and most of NORTH AMERICA.
At the conclusion of the war, the French is allowed to keep some of its ___________.
At the conclusion of the war, the French is allowed to keep some of its SUGAR ISLANDS.
