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CLEP Western Civilization II: Empires And War
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Answer 18 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bascially the belief that the amount of wealth in the world is limited.
British East India Company and Compagnie des Indes
Mercantilism
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
William Pitt the Elder
2. Ended War of Austian Succession.
King George III
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Proclamation of 1763
Mercantilism
3. Americans were forbidden to move west of the Appalachians by Britain.
War of Austrian Succesion
Proclamation of 1763
British East India Company and Compagnie des Indes
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
4. 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.
Seven Years's War
Treaty of Paris
Boston Tea Party
William Pitt the Elder
5. The King the the colonists revolted against.
King George III
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Treaty of Paris
Privateers
6. In 1739 British Parliment pressured Prime Minister Walpole to attack Spain.
Mercantilism
Comparative advantage
Treaty of Paris
War of Jenkins Ear
7. The chief minister of Louis XIV. Explored mercantilism.
Mercantilism
French and Indian War
Boston Tea Party
Jean-Baptist Colbert
8. 1763. Ended the French and Indian War. Britain got the land east of the Mississippi. Canada got the Ohioi River Valley.
Treaty of Paris
French and Indian War
War of Jenkins Ear
Jean-Baptist Colbert
9. Lands where France and Britain fought for power and money.
French and Indian War
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
West Indies - America - and India
Sir Francis Drake
10. 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
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Mercantilism
War of Austrian Succesion
Seven Years's War
11. The secretary of state in Britain. Wanted to get America east of the Mississippi.
William Pitt the Elder
Seven Years's War
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Boston Tea Party
12. (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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13. Assisted American in the their revolution - mainly to see Britain beat.
Jean-Baptist Colbert
Seven Years's War
William Pitt the Elder
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
14. Pirates made legal by the government
Jean-Baptist Colbert
Privateers
West Indies - America - and India
King George III
15. The british and French attempts at making India a colony.
French and Indian War
British East India Company and Compagnie des Indes
West Indies - America - and India
Proclamation of 1763
16. 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.
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Jean-Baptist Colbert
Comparative advantage
17. Plundered Spain's ships. found approval with the English government.
Sir Francis Drake
Jean-Baptist Colbert
Mercantilism
French and Indian War
18. Coincided with the Seven Years' War. Started when George Washington attacked the French in Ohio. French defeat happened on the Plains of Abraham
West Indies - America - and India
Proclamation of 1763
Privateers
French and Indian War