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Expansion/Trade Wars
Expansion/Trade Wars
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Undergraduate 1
12/13/2013

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Mercantilism
Definition
Economic theory with the goal to build up the nation's supply of gold by exporting goods to other lands and earning gold from their sale. (ex: Jean-Baptiste Colbert)
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Bullion
Definition
gold bars, silver bars, other precious metals bars or ingots.
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Flota System
Definition
Convoy system adopted by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790. The convoys were general purpose cargo fleets used for transporting a wide variety of items, including agricultural goods, lumber, various metal resources, luxuries, silver, gold, gems, pearls, spices, sugar, tobacco, silk, and other exotic goods from the Spanish Empire in the Americas to Spain.
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Charles III
Definition
King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. His reforms were designed to make the administration more efficient and to promote its economic, commercial, and fiscal development
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Intendant
Definition
A district administrator in Spanish Latin America
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Peninsulares
Definition
A Spanish-Born or Spaniard residing in the New World.
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West Indies
Definition
A region of the Caribbean Basin and North Atlantic Ocean (area of Columbus's first voyages)
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War of Austrian Succession
Definition
(1749-1748) Upon Maria Theresa's coming to the Austrian throne (per Pragmatic Sanction), Frederick the Great of Prussia invaded Silesia. Maria Theresa retained throne, Frederick the Great kept Silesia. Treaty of Aix- la - Chapelle.
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Diplomatic Revolution
Definition
(1756) reversal of alliances brought about by Maria Theresa's foreign minister (Count Kaunitz).
United France & Habsburg Austria against Prussia.
(Consequence of war of Austrian Succession)
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William Pitt the elder
Definition
British statesman who helped lead Britain in victory over France in the Seven Years War in the Colonial theater (French and Indian War)
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British East Indian Company
Definition
Originally chartered in 1600, this company established rule over India after theBattle of Plassey in 1757.
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Seven Years War
Definition
(1756-1763) directly linked to the Diplomatic Revolution, war in which Frederick the Great of Prussia dominated in the European theatre, and Britain defeated the French in The Colonial (American) theatre.
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Stamp Act
Definition
Passed by the British gov't in 1765 to help recover costs from the Seven Years War by placing taxes on printed materials it became very unpopular with colonists and led to complaints about taxation without representation.
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Treaty of Utrecht
Definition
Ended the War of Spanish Succession. Signified the rise of Great Britain as a commercial power.
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