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25 Cards in this Set
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Patois
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Language of the Popular Cultuer in the 16-1700's
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Elite
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Rich and wealthy of 16-1700's
high living conditions literate and cultural |
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Popular Culture
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Poor and lowly
bad living conditions drunk in public oral culture |
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Triangular trade
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Slave trade.
Guns and Supplies went to Africa. Slaves went to America Cash Crops went to Europe. Profit on every side. |
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Duke d'Orleans
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King after Louis XIV and a weak Ruler.
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John Law
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Mississipi Comapany that grew and "popped" like a mini-great-depression.
was an attempt to get rid of national debt. |
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Cardinal Fleury
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Got rid of national bank and repudiated (ignored) debt.
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George I
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From Germany (Hanover) and was uninterested in English Affairs. was a weak king.
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Robert Walpole
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King in germany and the First Prime Minister of England.
Kept National Bank and issued Bubble Act. |
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Bubble Act
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Stock may be issued if Government Approved. in England
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Jacobites
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supporting the return of the Stuarts.
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War of Austrian Succession
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Prussia got Silesia
1740 – Frederich II of Prussia attacked Austria Prussia vs. Austria over Silesia France vs. GB over dominance of America/Seas/Indian trade France vs. Austrian Hapsburg (hate of Hapsburgs) France vs. Holland over wars in Belgium and Louis XIV Spain vs. Holland over Phillip II and the Dutch revolt. Bourbons vs. Hapsburgs. |
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1740
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Frederich II attacked Austria and began the War of Austrian Succession.
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Peace of Aix La Chapelle
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Prussia got Silesia
Things were restored to how they were before the war. |
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Statue Quo Ante Bellium
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things restored to how they were before the war.
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Inter Bellum
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Between wars
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Count Kauntitz
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Arranged alliance with Bourbons in the marriage of Marie Antoinette with Louis XVI.
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1756
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7 years war begins
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7 years war
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Brittish moving into French-American Territory.
Prissia vs. Austria for Silesia. GB vs. France for Americas and Indes Dutch vs. France for Belgium Russia wanted power. |
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Weak Alliance
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French/Austrian/Russian
Austrians were nervous of Russia gaining territory France hatted the Hapsburgs. |
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Quebec City on the Plains of Abraham
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British won over Quebec
major loss for France. |
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General WOlfe
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English general in the Plains of Abraham
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General Montcalin
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French General on the Plains of Abraham
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Peace of Paris
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1763 between Britain and France. ending seven years' war.
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Peace of Hunderburg
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1763 between Prussia and Austria. ending seven years' war.
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