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    This document provides context about important people, places, dates and events from 18th century Britain. Key developments included the Acts of Union in 1707, the Hanoverian succession beginning in 1714, and the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745. Britain's growing empire expanded into West Africa, India, North America and the Caribbean during this period. Major military conflicts included the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years' War. Britain ultimately defeated Napoleon at the battles of Trafalgar in 1805 and Waterloo in 1815.

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    This document provides context about important people, places, dates and events from 18th century Britain. Key developments included the Acts of Union in 1707, the Hanoverian succession beginning in 1714, and the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745. Britain's growing empire expanded into West Africa, India, North America and the Caribbean during this period. Major military conflicts included the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years' War. Britain ultimately defeated Napoleon at the battles of Trafalgar in 1805 and Waterloo in 1815.

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    4.

    1 The Eighteen Century


    (lecture worksheet)

    Important dates: 1707 (Acts of Union), 1714 (first Hanoverian king in Britain), 1715
    (First Jacobite Rebellion), 1745 (Second Jacobite Rebellion), 1756-1763
    (French and Indian War), 1805 (Battle of Trafalgar), 1815 (Battle of
    Waterloo)

    Names & Places: Great Britain (or Britain, adjective British), the New World, West
    Africa, India, the War of the Spanish Succession, Hudson Bay, Nova
    Scotia, Newfoundland, Gibraltar, the island of Minorca, George
    (Elector of Hanover), the Jacobites, James Stuart (the Old Pretender),
    the Tories, the Whigs, Robert Walpole, William Pitt the Elder (Lord
    Chatham), The War of the Austrian Succession, Bonnie Prince Charlie
    (the Young Pretender), the Highlanders, Battle of Culloden, the Seven
    Years' War (aka French-Indian War), Quebec, Montreal, Florida,
    Yorktown, The Treaty of Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson,
    Battle of Trafalgar, the Continental system,

    Vocabulary: Anglo-French rivalry, the British Empire, accumulation of wealth,


    arrival of capitalism, industrial and agricultural revolution, to cede
    (e.g. a piece of land, claim, etc.), to recover the English throne, 'no
    taxation without representation', mercantilist regulations, to be
    recognized as an independent state, to declare war on (a country), to
    impose a naval blockade on (e.g. a country), to drive British economy
    into bankruptcy

    Exam questions:

    1. Describe the growth of the British trading empire in the 18th century with the emphasis on sugar
    production in the Caribbean (Include references to India, East Indies, North America, the
    Caribbean – plantations, slave trade, working conditions in the West Indies.)

    2. Outline major developments of the early Hanoverian rule in Britain and explain in detail how the
    centre of political power within the country shifted from the monarch to politicians and
    Parliament. (Include references to the Acts of Union, first Hanoverian kings – George I and II,
    Jacobite rebellions, Robert Walpole, John Wilkes.)

    3. Describe Britain’s involvement in the Napoleonic wars, her major military engagements with the
    enemy and discuss the significance of the British victory over France in 1815. (Influence of the
    French Revolution, war with France 1793 – 1802, victory at sea, Wellington, Waterloo.)

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