The “Short” Eighteenth Century – Part II: The Great Northern War, The War of Jenkins's Ear, The
War of Austrian Succession, The Diplomatic Revolution, and The Seven Years War - 1700-1763
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The Great Northern War (1700-1721)
o Anti-Swedish Alliance
 Russia
 Denmark–Norway
 Saxony
 Poland-Lithuania
 Later Additions:
 Hanover – Britain
 Brandenburg-Prussia
o Charles XII
o Supply Issues
o Battle of Poltava
o Peace of Nystad
The War of Jenkins’ Ear
o Anglo-Spanish relations
 Slave Trade
 Portobello Fair
o Smuggling
o Robert Jenkins
o 1739-1748
War of Austrian Succession
o Maria Theresa
o Frederick II
o Silesia
o Maria’s Deals with the Magyars (Hungarian Nobility)
o European Campaign
o North American Campaign
 King George’s War
o Merges with War of Jenkins Ear
o World-wide Alliances
o Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle
Names of the conflict:
o War of Austrian Succession – Europe
o War of Jenkin’s Ear – Caribbean
o King George’s War – North America
o First Carnatic War – India
Diplomatic Revolution
o Convention of Westminster
 Britain and Prussia
o France and Austria
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The Seven Years War
o Frederick II - “The Great”
o Prussian Invasion of Saxony
 France, Austria, Sweden, Russia, Small German States Support Saxony
o Theaters of War
 The Seven Years War (Europe)
 Treaty of Hubertusberg
 The Third Carnatic War (India)
 The French and Indian War (North America)
 William Pitt the Elder
 Battle of Louisburg
 Battle of Quebec
o James Wolfe
o Marquis de Montcalm
 Battle of Montreal
 Treaty of Paris (1763)
o France to Britain:
 Canada
 India
 Ohio River Valley
 Eastern half of the Mississippi River Valley
o France to Spain:
 Louisiana
European Powers after the Seven Years War
o The Holy Roman Empire “empty shell”
o France ceased to be a great colonial power
o Spanish Empire infiltrated by the British
o Great Britain a world power, but financial burden