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Mid-Eighteenth Century Wars and the American Revolution

Mid-Eighteenth Century Wars and the American Revolution. Pages 532-542. 1. The Seven Years’ War pitted Prussia, Sweden, and Russia against Austria and:. France Spain Portugal Italy Britain. 2. Thomas Paine is most famous for having written:. The Rights of Free Men.

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Mid-Eighteenth Century Wars and the American Revolution

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  1. Mid-Eighteenth Century Wars and the American Revolution Pages 532-542

  2. 1. The Seven Years’ War pitted Prussia, Sweden, and Russia against Austria and: • France • Spain • Portugal • Italy • Britain

  3. 2. Thomas Paine is most famous for having written: • The Rights of Free Men. • A Response to the Intolerable Acts. • Common Sense. • An Almanac for Americans. • The Republican.

  4. 3. In 1756, Frederick II “kicked-off” what would become the Seven Years’ War by invading: • Paris • Silesia • Saxony • Prussia • Switzerland

  5. 4. As the Secretary of State in Great Britain, this person gave large sums of money to Frederick the Great . His ultimate goal was to obtain all of North America east of the Mississippi. • Jacques Necker • Cardinal Richelieu • Cardinal Mazarin • Sir Robert Walpole • William Pitt the Elder

  6. 5. Charles VI put this in place to secure his daughter Maria Theresa as the heir to the Austrian Habsburg throne: • Pragmatic Sanction • War of Jenkins’ Ear • Magna Carta • The Treaty of Paris 1763 • Intolerable Acts

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