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1 Mid 18th Century Trade Wars
Chapter 16 Mid 18th Century Trade Wars

2 Mid-Eighteenth-Century Wars
War of Jenkins’ Ear (1739) English-Spanish competition in West Indies British declared war on Spain in 1839 Minor war was opening encounter to European warfare up to 1815

3 War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)

4 War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)
central & eastern Europe Prussia invades (Habsburg) Silesia; France & Spain back Prussia, England backs Austria Maria Theresa maintains Hapsburg empire as a major political power Ended with Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 Prussia retained Silesia, Spain renewed Treaty of Utrecht with Britain so they could import slaves from Spanish colonies

5 The “Diplomatic Revolution” of 1756
France and Britain clash in New England Great Britain joined forces with Germany, Convention of Westminster France and Austria agreed to defensive alliance

6 Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) England now backs Prussia, France backs Austria; colonial theater: Britain trounces France in N. America Treaty of Paris made Britain into a world power, through World War II

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