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