18th Century Flashcards
0
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Enclosure acts
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Allowed common land to sell to wealthy
1
Q
Agricultural rev
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Scientific agriculture
Invention for farming
2
Q
Corn laws
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Increased cost of corn, put tariffs on imported grain
3
Q
Parlement of Paris
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Claimed pwr to assent to Legis/ taxes
4
Q
Louis XV
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Lazy monarch
Public debt (his tax)
Taxation
5
Q
War of Austrian Succession 1740-48
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Frederick II “The Great” w/ Fr
VS
Maria Theresa w/ GB
6
Q
Treaty of Aix la Chapelle 1748
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HRE Loses Silesia, keeps most of land
7
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Diplomatic Revolution 1756
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Fr/ Rus
VS
GB/ Prus
8
Q
Seven Year’s War 1756-63
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From Diplomatic Revolution
9
Q
Treaty of Hubertusberg 1756
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Frederick holds Silesia
10
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Treaty of Paris 1756
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GB Held North America eas of Mississippi
