Examples of Kettle War in the following topics:
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- The alliance with Austria had pulled France into the disastrous Seven Years' War, in which it was defeated by the British, both in Europe and in North America.
- By the time of the Flour War of 1775, a series of riots against the high price of flour and bread, her reputation among the general public was damaged.
- In 1778, her brother and the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II made claims on the throne
of Bavaria (the War of the Bavarian Succession).
- During the Kettle War, in which her brother Joseph attempted to open the Scheldt River for naval passage, Marie Antoinette succeeded in obtaining a huge financial compensation to Austria.
- France's financial problems were the result of a combination of factors: expensive wars; a large royal family whose expenditures were paid for by the state; and the unwillingness of the privileged classes to help defray the costs of the government out of their own pockets by relinquishing some of their financial privileges.
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- On the advice of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on April 11, 1898.
- On April 25, 1898 Congress declared war on Spain.
- In the Battle of San Juan Hill (actually Kettle Hill), Lt.
- The war ended eight months later with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898.
- The war had cost the United States $250 million and 3,000 lives, of whom 90% had perished from infectious diseases.
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- Frontenac's second term was characterized by the defense of Quebec from a British invasion during King William's War, a successful guerrilla campaign against the Iroquois and English settlements which resulted in the elimination of the Iroquois threat against New France, and a large expansion of the fur trade.
- Knives, pots, and kettles facilitated food preparation, and nets, firearms, and hatchets made hunting easier and more productive.
- This is a scene from the French and Indian War (1754–1763), depicting the alliance of French and Native American forces.
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- Charbonneau knew the land better than the Americans, and Sacagawea proved invaluable as an interpreter and a guide; in addition, the presence of a young woman and her infant convinced many groups that the men were not a war party and meant no harm.
- The corps followed native custom by distributing gifts—including shirts, ribbons, and kettles—as a sign of goodwill.
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- Conflicts flared repeatedly in the Chesapeake Bay tobacco colonies and in New England, where a massive uprising against the English in 1675 to 1676—King Philip’s War—nearly succeeded in driving the English intruders back to the sea.
- The exchange of pelts for European goods including copper kettles, knives, and guns played a significant role in changing the material cultures of American Indian peoples.
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