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274635595War of Austrian SuccessionFrederick II invades Silesia and breaks the Pragmatic Sanction
274635596Maria TheresaGains support by giving privileges to nobles
274635597Convention of WestminsterGreat Britain and Prussia sign a defensive alliance aimed at preventing foriegn troops from invading Germany
274635598Diplomatic Revolution of 1756Establishes major changes in European alliances. France allies with Austria in retaliation to the Convention of Westminster
274635599War of Jenkins Earear used as an example of Spanish atrocities in the West Indies, prompt Walpole to declare war
274635600SaxonyIn 1756 Frederick II invades
274635601Treaty of Hubertusburg1763 Tsar Peter III makes peace with Frederick II
274635602William Pitt the ElderMain for force behind gaining land from France in the New World
274671813Pitt's ultimate goalGain all of North America for Great Britain
274671814Frederick IIThe Seven Years War was started by
2746718152 reasons why Prussia was saved during Seven Years WarEngland gave aid Tsar Peter adored Frederick and immediately made peace
274671816Treaty of Paris 1763Britain gained all of Canada, Ohio River Valley eatern half of the Mississippi River, ceded holdings in India and the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique
274671817Treaty of UtrechtGranted Great Britain 30 year asiento and 1 ship per year to Portobello in the Caribbean
274671818Captain Robert JenkinsHad his ear cut off during a search by Spanish on an English boat
2746718192 Fundamental areas of rivalry during 18th centuryOverseas Empires and central and eastern Europe
274671820Treaty of Aix la Chapelle...

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