All of the three colonial wars (King William’s, Queen Anne’s and King George’s)?

Question

A. started over essentially colonial issues and involved relatively little European participation.

B. resulted in considerable territorial gains for the English.

C. resulted in considerable territorial gains for the French.

D. arose over essentially European issues and involved relatively little colonial participation.

Answer 1

Answer: B

Explanation and a Look at the "Big Picture":

A.  Not true, because these three wars were a series of conflicts that accompanied  a much larger European dynastic conflict between Great Britain and France.

B.  The end result of these three "Inter-colonial Wars" was that the British won Quebec during the Seven Years War, or as it is called in the United States, the French and Indian War, which followed closely on the heals of King George's War. Of course, the British would later also loose the 13 American colonies because the colonists were angered because they felt they were taxed to help pay for these wars without proper representation.

C.  King William's War, Queen Anne's War, and King George's War, along with the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War ultimately lost the French their colonial empire.  All were part of the Second Hundred Years War between Great Britain and France fought intermittently between 1688 and 1815.  During this time period, the French first lost Quebec, and then while using the American Revolution to retailiate against the British, the French Crown incurred the debts that brought about the discontent of the French people that ultimately resulted in the French Revolution. To pay off these war debts, Napoleon sold a vast portion of French real estate known as "The Lousiana Purchase".  The big winner here wasn't Britain or France, but the newly formed United States.

D.  True, these three wars started in Europe, but they all pitted Great Britain and its colonial and Native American allies against France and its colonial and Native American allies.  

If you believe these three wars involved relatively little colonial participation, you haven't read James Fennimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mochicans'.  You could also call the Second Hundred Years Wars the first "cold war".

Answer 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXrxfjEO...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,15...