Mr. Sink’s AP European History – Unit 2: State-building, Science, and the Age of Reason

Questions: SEVEN YEARS’ WAR CRASH COURSE #26

Directions:Watch the video “World History Crash Course #26: The Seven Years’ War” on and answer the questions below on a separate piece of paper.

  1. When did the Seven Years’ War take place? Why is it difficult for historians to periodize?
  2. Who fought the Seven Years’ War? Why?
  3. Why do some historians consider the Seven Years’ War the first “world war”?
  4. Where did the real fighting take place in North America during the Seven Years’ War?
  5. Why did the American Indians tend to side with the French more than the British?
  6. Why were the American Indians the biggest losers of the Seven Years’ War in North America?
  7. What was the major reason fighting took place in the Caribbean? West Africa?
  8. What is the most interesting aspect of the fighting that took place in India during the Seven Years’ War?
  9. Who was Robert Clive? How did he win the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and why was that battle so important?
  10. What country lost the most in the Treaty of Paris which ended the war in 1763? What did they lose? In what ways did this war weaken even those countries that won?
  11. How did the Seven Years’ War lay the foundation for the American Revolution?
  12. What was the long-term significance of the Seven Years’ War on European history?

------Mr. Sink’s AP European History – Unit 2: State-building, Science, and the Age of Reason

Questions: SEVEN YEARS’ WAR CRASH COURSE #26

Directions: Watch the video “World History Crash Course #26: The Seven Years’ War” on and answer the questions below on a separate piece of paper.

  1. When did the Seven Years’ War take place? Why is it difficult for historians to periodize?
  2. Who fought the Seven Years’ War? Why?
  3. Why do some historians consider the Seven Years’ War the first “world war”?
  4. Where did the real fighting take place in North America during the Seven Years’ War?
  5. Why did the American Indians tend to side with the French more than the British?
  6. Why were the American Indians the biggest losers of the Seven Years’ War in North America?
  7. What was the major reason fighting took place in the Caribbean? West Africa?
  8. What is the most interesting aspect of the fighting that took place in India during the Seven Years’ War?
  9. Who was Robert Clive? How did he win the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and why was that battle so important?
  10. What country lost the most in the Treaty of Paris which ended the war in 1763? What did they lose? In what ways did this war weaken even those countries that won?
  11. How did the Seven Years’ War lay the foundation for the American Revolution?
  12. What was the long-term significance of the Seven Years’ War on European history?