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55 Cards in this Set
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Peter the Great's desire to have a warm water port; St. Petersburg
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Window on the West
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Over speculation in a business followed by a price collapse
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bubble
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Who were the Jacobites?
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Supporters of the Catholic Stuart "James III"
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Charles VI's attempt to keep Austria together after his death
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Pragmatic Sanction
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Economic system based on bullionism, government control and colonies
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mercantilism
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What 3 countries partitioned Poland?
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Austria, Russia, and Prussia
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2 places Russia wanted and got warm water access?
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Baltic and Black Seas
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Prussia's main reason for wanting to partition Poland
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connect Bradenberg and East Prussia
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What are 2 Habsburg goals?
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secure succession, common inheritence of 3 crowns, resist religious/nationalist seperatists
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What was the key to Prussian survival?
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a strong army
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The decaying empires of the East
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HRE, Ottoman, and Poland
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The rising 3 powers of the East adn their families
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Austria-Habsburg
Prussia-Hohenzollern Russia-Romanov |
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What are 3 differences between commons and elites?
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language, appearance, food/drink, housing, education, etc.
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Who participated in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd partition of Poland?
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1-Russia, Prussia, & Austria
2-Russia & Prussia 3-(all 3) |
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3 Crowns and their areas controlled by the Habsburgs
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Austria-Archduke
Bohemia-King Hungary-King |
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The 5 great powers of Europe by mid-18th century
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France, Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia
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Fred invaded this place and kept it
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Silesia
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The 2 main wars of this period
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War Of Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
7 Years War (1756-1763) |
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Who is Stanislas Poniatowski?
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King of Poland (controlled by Catherine the Great and Russia)
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Clive is the man in winning this area for Britain
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India
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The general trend in taxation in Eastern Europe
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tax the peasants
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2 things working against the HRE
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-westphalia
-.5 protestant & .5 catholic -30 yrs war -no central authority b/c of electors |
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3 disadvantages of East compared to West
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-sparse population
-many languages/ethnic groups -poor economy -peasants lose rights\wealth -decentralized power |
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Foreign invades from the east of HRE and Russia respectively
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Russia- Mongols (The Golden Horde)
HRE-ottoman turks |
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What were Peter the Great's 3 main objectives?
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1.Warm water port
2.Westernize Russia 3.create ablsolute monarchy |
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Dumbest reason a war was started during this time period
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Jenkins' Ear
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Italian culinary invention rejected by Louis XIV
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the fork
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Over 100 British soldiers and crowded into a room and most of them suffocated
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Black Hole of Calcutta
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Manic-Depressive Prime Minister suring 7 Years' War
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William Pitt
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He didn't chop down a cherry tree, but he did start a world war
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George Washington
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"An army that owned a state"
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Prussia
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"First servant of the state"
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Frederick the Great
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"Let sleeping dogs lie"
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Robert Walpole
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"I know that I can save the country and I know that no one else can"
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William Pitt
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"A state without a people"
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Russia under Peter the Great
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Effeminate philosopher king/general of Prussia
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Frederick the Great
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Walpole's French counterpart; no war=low taxes
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Cardinal Fleury
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"Wow Fred, you're so cool. Take your land back"
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Peter III tp Frederick the Great ending the 7 Years' War b/t Russia & Prussia
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Give an example of peasant language
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cockney-english
patois-french vaolkssprache-german |
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Dates for the 3 Partitions of Poland
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1772, 1793, 1795
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Who fought with Prussia in War of Austrian Succession?
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France, Spain, Saxony
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Who fought with Austria in 7 Years' War?
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France & Russia
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What was the Diplomatic Revolution?
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when everyone changed sides b/t the two major wars
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Stopped the fighting between Prussia and Austria in 1763
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Treaty of Hubertusburg
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What does France lose and gain in Peace of Paris?
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lose-Canada & Ohio Valley
gain-Sugar Islands (Martinique & Guadeloupe) |
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Dates for Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle and Peace of Paris
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1748
1763 |
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Order the following: Dimplomatic Revolution, Austrian Succession, Issac Newton
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1.Issac Newton
2.Austrian Succession 3.Diplomatic Revolution |
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Dates of the 7 Years' War
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1756-1763
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Order the following: Partitions of Poland, Jenkins' Ear, French and Indian War
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1.Jenkins' Ear
2.French and Indian War 3.Partitions of Poland |
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Order the following: 7 Years' War, Jenkins' Ear, War of Austrian Succession, Treaty of St. Petersburg
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1.Jenkins' Ear
2.War of Austrian Succession 3.7 Years' War 4.Treaty of St. Petersburg |
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Her dad tried unsuccessfully to protect her with the Pragmatic Sanction
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Maria Theresa
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His father tried to "help" him with a little tough love; including chopping off his best friends' head
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Frederick the Great
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He made the "Window on the West" in St.Petersburg, defeated Swedes, Turks, Modernized Russia
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Peter the Great
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First Czar; built St.Basil's Cathedral in Red Square
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Ivan IV- The Terrible
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Last of the great Swedish kings; Madman of the North; defeated by Peter the Great
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Charles XII
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