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Second Northern War
The war was fought between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Tsardom of Russia, Brandenburg-Prussia, the Habsburg Monarchy and Denmark–Norway. -
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War of the Spanish Succession
An early-18th-century European war, triggered by the death in November 1700 of the childless Charles II of Spain -
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King George's War
King George's War is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession. It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars -
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French and Indian War
A theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. -
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Seven Year's War
Widely considered to be the first global conflict in history, and was a struggle for world supremacy between Great Britain and France. -
Joseph Priestley
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was principally caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during the French and Indian War. -
John Fitch
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French Revolution
An uprising in France against the monarchy from 1787 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic. -
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French Revolutionary Wars
The wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted France against Great Britain, Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia, Russia, and several other monarchies.