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British Navigation Acts
The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies, a process which had started in 1651. Their goal was to force colonial development into lines favourable to England, and stop direct colonial trade with the Netherlands, France and other European countries, -
Agricultural Revolution
brought on by higher population, response to the higher need for food, made better methods of crop growing, allowed for Industrial Revolution to take hold (mid 17th century) -
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War of Spanish Succession
Caused over French Bourbon succession to the throne of Spain that jeopardized the European balance of power...Treaty of Utrecht (1715) Æ England the big winner; Spain and France never allowed to unite their monarchies. -
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War of Austrian Succession
Pragmatic Sanction Austrian emperor hammered out this agreement in which the European powers agreed to recognize his daughter Maria Theresa as his legal heir; Frederick the Great of Prussia ignored it and seized Silesia, sparking the war...Prussia held onto Silesia at war's end. -
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Seven Years' War
War fought on three continents by the great European powers...England emerged the big winner...France lost all of its North American colonies according to the Treaty of Paris (1763). -
Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations is significant because it revolutionized economics and brought more national leaders into thinking of how to make their nations more wealthy which improved the quality of life. -
British Slave-Trade Abolished
parliament abolished this, though slavery continued for years in British colonies. After 1775, a campaign to abolish slavery in Britain entirely