Unit 7 Treaties and Wars

War of Jenkins Ear

Conflict (1739-1748) between Britain and Spain over trade and colonial disputes

Treaty of Paris 1763

Ended the French and Indian War; France ceded Canada to Britain and Louisiana to Spain

The Forty Five

Jacobite rebellion of 1745 led by Bonnie Prince Charlie against George II

The Fifteen

Jacobite rebellion of 1715 aiming to restore James III to the British throne

South Sea Bubble Act

Law passed in 1720 to prevent speculative companies after the South Sea Bubble Collapse

Peace of Hubertsburg

Ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763, maintaining the balance of power in Europe

Mississippi Bubble

A financial scheme in France that collapsed in 1720, ruining many investors.

French and Indian Wars

North American theater of the Seven Years’ War between Britain and France

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

1748 peace treaty that ended the War of Austrian Succession, confirmed Prussia’s retention of Silesia.

Diplomatic Revolution of 1756

Complete reversal of traditional alliances preceding the Seven Years’ War, where Britain allied with Prussia and Austria allied with Russia and France

Battle of Plassey

Decisive 1757 victory for the British, led by Robert Clive, which effectively eliminated French Power in Bengal and India, thus securing British global supremacy