HIST 383 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: War Of The First Coalition, A Generation, Centrality
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The centrality of war in the long 18th century. 1688-1697: nine years" war (war of the league of augsburg or. Extraction of resources in non-western world: relationship of colonial expansion to warfare in europe. Increasing involvement of different regions of the world as a result. The seven years war has been called the "first world war" William pitt the younger (1784-1801 and 1804-1806); tory. Lord grenville (1806-1807); whig - governed through the ministry of all talents (whig-tory coalition) Prussia, russia, austria, holland, spain, sardinia; then joined by. Britain in 1793 after french invasion of holland. Britain funded its allies to a significant extent. Britain itself focused on naval engagement and avoided war in continental europe as much as possible. Treaty of campo formio, 1797: britain left alone after spain joined france and austria conceded defeat. Admiral horatio nelson emerged as a british war hero and celebrity. He died at the battle of trafalger. Began against revolutionary france and ended against.
