Unit 3 Flashcards
Allies of seven years war
Austria, France, Russia
Prussia, Britain
Allies of war of Austrian succession
Austria, Britain, Dutch
Prussia, France
Battle of plassey
Britain, Robert Clive, sepoys vs India, suraja doula
At Bengal in India
Cause of war of Austrian succession
Frederick the great ignores pragmatic sanction and invades Silesia (Habsburg territory under Maria Theresa)
The two treaties that made up the peace of settlement
Treaty of hubertusberg
Treaty of Paris
Jacobites
The partisans of James III or as others called him, the pretender
Legendary merchants of England and France
England - Thomas Pitt
France - jean joseph laborde
What treaty ended the war of Austrian succession
No territorial change
Aix la chapelle
What ended the 7 years war
Peace of settlement comprising of the treaty of hubertusburg and treaty of paris
Decisive British victory that greatly compromised France’s defenses
Quebec
Magyars
Hungarian political elites
Louisburg
French fortress on Cape Breton Island that was captured by an expedition of new englanders
England restored it to back to France in the treaty of aix la chapelle
In canada
Santo Domingo
French sugar cane island
Biggest sugar producer
Count kaunitz
Concluded that the rise of Prussia had revolutionized the balance of power
Austrian foreign minister
Most artful diplomat of the century
Proposed the alliance of habsburgs and France (Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI)
Black hole of calcutta
Local muslim ruler, with french backing, locked 146 englishmen in a tiny cell, where most suffocated