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The Seven Years' War and Colonial Revolutions
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on March 21, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
naval, brutality, Manila, funding, bankrolled, win, revenge, losers, endowed, commercial, Pyrrhic, husbands, Europes, lost, Indian, self, slaves, revenues, world, Madison, historic, military, hemorrhaging, imagined, global, mercantilist, small, repercussions, objected, tax, settler, first, swap, warfare, Enlightenment, partner, loss, Austria, enmity, English, natural, revolutions
the results of pressures on empires intensified the stakes of competition
heightened the cycle of wars
resulted in a cascade of of many sorts
the globalization of empires across the world meant the globalization of
everywhere in the contested zones
in particular the neo- , the new model colonies
eventually meant a global fiscal crisis
the Seven Years' War
"The French and War"
as it is known in the United States
back-country
was really the first war
saw fighting from to Montreal
the first moment in which empires began to colonies and territories as part of a peace process
1763: end of war
a series of immediate
France
New France (Canada) fell to the
France passed its Canadian colonies onto what appeared to be the immediate winner of this global contest, Great Britain
Spain
occupations of several of its prime colonies including huge stations in Havana and Manila
but Spain and France would wait for their moment to get their revenge on the British
British victory was victory
immediately faced a challenge of
huge debts from fighting
their now sprawling, global empire
augmented pressure back home in London to reform along the lines of the
had to try to get the colonies to pay for themselves
stop the of resources from the central government in London
hikes to pay for expenses
at this point in history, the expenses were largely , as there were not yet welfare states
most empires were raising and taxes
colonies to these new taxes
this was the change for France and Spain to get their for their humiliation during the Seven Years' War
Spain and France what would become the American Revolution
especially naval assistance especially after 1778 when the fate of the American revolution could have been
American Revolution
British increasing fear in pressing on with the fight and losing British Northern America threatened of colonies elsewhere
especially India
what happened in 1776 was the of its kind
possessions would break loose, beginning with the American colonies which was, however, relatively at the time
the breakaway of the colonies invoked a new, model
it was a defense of the rights of free born Englishmen against the caprice of King George III
against unjust fiscal laws
result was that the American revolutionaries, without intending it to be this way, had worldwide
1. created a new model of self-determination, an idea that people were with rights to determine who governed them
2. once the old British state ceased trying to constrain encroaching on the wilderness and Indians, the constraints on expansion were lifted
British no longer needed to have formal control over the colonies
looked at them now as a
they could get the best of interaction without having to pay for fighting in the frontiers which they let the new States in America conduct
a win for the British
3. freedom
part about nation states and -government
the age of revolutions was beginning to spread a language of liberty in directions that people had not really intended or
personal liberties
women to choose their
free will
idea that could be free from their masters
slaves would feel their fields as armies moved through
international context
James addressing the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia: "Carthage in Rome tore one another to pieces instead of uniting their forces to devour weaker nations of the earth. The houses of and France were hostile as long as they remained the great powers of Europe. England and France have succeeded in the preeminence and to the to the rivalry, and it is to this principle we owe perhaps our liberty."
Spelling Corrections:
emnity ⇒ enmity
Ideas and Concepts:
Via tonight's History of the World Since 1300 class: "Technically speaking, the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) was Via tonight's History of the World Since 1300 class, "Technically speaking, the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) was the first World War, which began with the divide between Great Britain (The Hanover's) and France and Spain (The Bourbons), as well as the divide between the Prussian's (The Hozenzollerns) and Austria (The Habsburgs). These divides, as well as numerous alliance systems would divide the world and their colonies against each other, ended up including almost every great power of the time, and battles raged from Europe to North America, Central America, West Africa, India and in the Philippines."the first World War, which began with the divide between Great Britain (The Hanover's) and France and Spain (The Bourbons), as well as the divide between the Prussian's (The Hozenzollerns) and Austria (The Habsburgs). These divides, as well as numerous alliance systems would divide the world and their colonies against each other, and ended up including almost every great power of the time, battles raging from Europe to North America, Central America, West Africa, India and in the Philippines."
Via this morning's History of the World since 1300 class: "France and Spain's humiliation to the British in the Seven Years' War was a major incentive to get their revenge by bankrolling what would become the American Revolution, especially through naval assistance and especially after 1778 when the outlook for the colonists looked most grim."