HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Final Good, The Virginians, Diplomatic Revolution
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Lecture 3 (september 18, 2017): the seven years war (1754/6-1763) part 1: germany is a region during the seven years war (syw) Important to the french: the river linked their settlements in what is now canada and what is now louisiana. It was there avenue of transport and trade through the continent. It"s a region that will hem in the british colonies: if they can"t expand, they will be reigned in if surrounded, if british have to send ships to protect their land, then. California (a trick: the virginians then believed they got permission to expand west, the move west begins the french think that this move is a british move to expand west into the ohio river. War: louis xv son is married to the saxon princess, so by attacking saxony, france is brought into the war, france, austria, and russia are now at war with the prussians.
