Age of Revolutions
This policy allowed British colonies in North America to govern themselves.
What is benign neglect?
Frederick the Great did this after realizing he was surrounded in Europe.
What is attack?
This was the city of gold that the Spanish were searching the Americas for.
What is El Dorado?
This nation was in rivalry with Prussia in the 1740's.
What is Austria?
This English company expanded British control in India.
What is the English East India Company?
This treaty acknowledged American independence from the British.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Who are Britain and France?
This was the first permanent British colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This war made tensions in Europe exceptionally high.
What is the War of Austrian Succession?
This family was invited to rule Britain by Parliament after Queen Anne Stuart dies childless in 1714.
Who are the Hanoverians?
This battle was the "turning point" of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Frederick the Great escaped capture from Austria in this famous event.
What is the First Miracle of the House of Brandenburg?
These are the non-Spanish powers that colonize North America.
What are France, Britain, and the Netherlands?
This person turned France into an absolute monarchy.
Who is King Louis XIV?
The definition of rationalism.
What is the practice of relying on logic, reason, and deduction?
This was the year of the Boston Massacre.
When was 1770?
This nation intervened after the Danish were defeated in the 30 Years War.
What is Sweden?
This was the name of the war fought between New England settlers and the natives.
What is King Philip's War?
This person becomes the King of Prussia in 1740.
Who is Frederick von Hohenzollern?
The definition of empiricism.
What is the practice of relying on observation and experiment?
This was the year the Articles of Confederation were passed.
When was 1777
In order, these were the 4 phases of the 30 Years War.
Bohemian, Danish, Swedish, French
This was the river the French wanted to control in North America.
What is the Mississippi?
This English Catholic king wanted to make England an absolute monarchy.
Who is King James II and VII?
This was the name of the colony created when the French claimed the Mississippi river basin.
What is Louisiana?