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The most commonly spoken dialect in France, considered a peasant language
Patois
The most commonly spoken dialect in Germany, considered a peasant language
Volkssprache
Meaning "farewell to meat" and was used to describe the several weeks preceding Lent where good Christians were to abstand during the Lenten fast
Carnival
A British merchant was traded in defiance of the legal monopoly of the East India Company and who purchased an 410 karat diamond
"Diamond" Pitt
Born in 1724 who built up vast plantations and slaveholdings in Santo Domingo. During the Seven Year's War he was sent to Spain to borrow money for France
Laborde
A system used in the 18th Century which was when a sizable investment of capital, acquired from crops, usually supplied from black slaves
Plantation System
A system where workers worked characteristically in their own cottages, employed as wage earners by merchant capitalists
Domestic System
Another name for Domestic Systems, where people workekd as merchant capitalists
"Cottage Industries"
The financial wizard of France in 1713, who was born and rasied in Scotland, and later founded a much-needed French central bank
John Law
The first prime minister and the architect of cabinet government who saved the companies that had been part of the South Sea bubble
Walpole
Cardinal in France who took office in 1726 at 73 years old and ruled until Louis XV came of age
Fleury
Hanoverian leader wo looked for support in 1715 in a strange country among the whigs, although he was extremely unpopular
George I
A "bubble" in France which broke out in 1720 and had important long-range effects
Mississippi Bubble
A "bubble" in England which broke out in 1720 and had important long-range effects
South Sea Bubble
Included in The Great War in the 18th century which was essentially between France and England over colonial economic competition and between Prussia and Austria over domination in Central Europe
War of Jenkin's Ear
The system where a leader can appoint others in charge of different responsibilities under his rule
Cabinet System
A government ruled by a system of Parliament which made the decisions for the country
Parliamentary Government
Stuart partisans who were strongly opposed by the Whigs loyal to George the I and attempted many rebellions
Jacobites
Also known as the II, who was 28 when he became king in 1740 in Prussia who revolted against his father by ruling the country how he wanted to
Frederick the Great
Daughter of Frederick which had the Pragmatic Sanction created so that she could inherit the throne
Maria Theresa
In 1756 who advanced British interest in India who fought in the battle of Plassey in 1757 who strove to rid of corrupt employees in the East India Trading Company
Clive
Frenchman who first started to exploit the possibilities of the changing situation in India
Dupleix
The struggle in Austria in the 1740s over the Habsburg inheritance
The War of the Pragmatic Sanction
War that began in America but was truly between the French and the English who attempted to partition Prussia
The Seven Years' War
War in America where the English and colonists fought against the French and Native Americans over American land
The French and Indian Wars
This term was used in America for the War of Austria Succession
King George's War
War fought between Prussia and Austria (1740-1748) where Frederick II of Prussia wanted to conquest Silesia
War of Austria Succession
Native Indians trained in Western military style
"Sepoys"
Battle fought in 1757, where the English, under Robert Clive, defeated the French with the help of "sepoys" and strong naval forces
Battle of Plassey
Actually a series of three wars between Prussia and Austria over control of Silesia
Silesian Wars