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CLEP Western Civilization II: Empires And War

Subjects : clep, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 18 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bascially the belief that the amount of wealth in the world is limited.






2. Coincided with the Seven Years' War. Started when George Washington attacked the French in Ohio. French defeat happened on the Plains of Abraham






3. The King the the colonists revolted against.






4. Americans were forbidden to move west of the Appalachians by Britain.






5. The british and French attempts at making India a colony.






6. (1756-1763) Prussia and Britain were allies after the Convention of Westminster. Of course it was Britain and France fighting again.

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7. Pirates made legal by the government






8. Lands where France and Britain fought for power and money.






9. Nations should use their money - time - etc. on what they can do well - and let the other nations do what they cannot do as well.






10. Assisted American in the their revolution - mainly to see Britain beat.






11. The chief minister of Louis XIV. Explored mercantilism.






12. Ended War of Austian Succession.






13. In 1739 British Parliment pressured Prime Minister Walpole to attack Spain.






14. British East India Company had financial problems so they raised the price of tea. Thus - colonists in America showed their dissagreement in 1773. Even though Britain lost the American Revolution they were still the most powerful nation.






15. 1763. Ended the French and Indian War. Britain got the land east of the Mississippi. Canada got the Ohioi River Valley.






16. Plundered Spain's ships. found approval with the English government.






17. The secretary of state in Britain. Wanted to get America east of the Mississippi.






18. France supported the aggresion of Prussia towards Austria. Austria was weakened and France was happy. Meanwhile - Britain was worried about France taking the Netherlands away from Austria - so France and Britain went to war. In 1744 France helped Spa