Section 12: 18th Century Power Struggle

Vocabulary: sepoy, Junkers, boroughs, tartans, intransigent

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Topic 5.3 (277-282)

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1700s War in Europe

The Great Northern War            1700-21      Russia, Norway, Poland, Sweden
Spanish Succession                         1701-14      England, Austria, Dutch, Spain, Prussia, Portugal, France, Bavaria
                                                                                   ( Colonial Skirmishes and Iroquios Wars)
Queen Anne’s War                             1702-13      France, England, Spain, Native Americans
War of Polish Succession              1733-35      Poland, France, Spain, Poland, Russia, Austria, Prussia
Russo Turkish War                            1735-37      Russia, Austria, Ottomans
Spanish Portuguese War              1735-37      Spain, Portugal (South American colonies)
War of Jenkins Ear                             1739-48    Spain, England
War of Austrian Succession        1740-48   France, Sweden, Austria, Bavaria, England, Dutch, Russia, Prussia, Saxony
                                                                               (Silesian War I-III, King George’s War, Russo-Swedish War, Carnatic Wars, Jacobite Rising)
Seven Years War                                 1756-63      England, Prussia, Portugal, France, Austria, Russia, Spain, Sweden
                                                                               (French and Indian War, Silesian War IV, Carnatic War III, Cherokee War)
Russo – Turkish War                      1768-74    Russia, Ottoman
American Revolution                   1775-83   England, France, American colonist, Dutch
                                                                               (Anglo-Dutch War IV)

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The Rest is History: The Seven Years War 4/28/21

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