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bantarleton · 4 months

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Let's start 2024 the right way, with some highlander art by Daniel Irwin. https://artstation.com/artwork/Qre9LL

#history #british army #military history #18th century #redcoat #seven years war #7 years war #french and indian war #highlander #highlands #kilt #scotland #scottish #scots

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illustratus · 8 months

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Prussian infantry advancing to meet the Russian Army before the Battle of Zorndorf 25th August 1758 in the Seven Years War

by Carl Röchling

#carl röchling #art #prussian army #seven years war #military #battle #scenes #history #europe #european #prussian #prussia #german #germany #infantry #soldiers #war

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vox-anglosphere · 10 months

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The Battle of Quebec on 27 June 1759 changed the face of North America forever. The future of Canada changed hands in one hour.

#The Battle of Quebec #Plains of Abraham #General James Wolfe #Royal Navy #General Montcalm #New France #Seven Years War #British Empire #St Lawrence River #On this day #27 June 1759

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ltwilliammowett · 1 year

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Action off Belfast, 1760 (detail) , by John John Bentham-Dinsdale (1927-2008)

In February 1760, three ships under the command of the French privateer François Thurot landed a French force at the Irish town of Carrickfergus, about 11 miles from Belfast.

After being repelled by Irish militiamen after a few days, the Blonde, the Terpsichore, and the Maréchal de Belle-Isle were confronted by a Royal Navy squadron consisting of the HMS Aeolus, the HMS Pallas, and the HMS Brilliant. In the middle of the Irish Sea, between the Isle of Man and the Northern Irish coast, the French privateers and British sailors fought throughout the morning of 28 February 1760.

Thurot died in the battle, and the British captured all three ships. After transferring the French prisoners to Belfast, Thurot was buried with full honors in southern Scotland, while the Royal Navy later purchased both the Blonde and the Terpsichore.

#naval art #action off belfast #detail #1760 #seven years war #age of sail

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rnsulentic · 1 month

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Next up Austrian artillery. Prince Lichtenstein would be proud.

#miniature wargaming #historical miniatures #seven years war

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mapsontheweb · 1 year

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Map of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), considered sometimes as the first global conflict, showing its combatants and areas of conflict.

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The war had battles in almost every continent; Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia.

British, French and natives fought over north America and the Caribbean; Spanish and Portuguese fought on their southern colonies; Europe got messy with several fronts in Iberia, France, the HRE and the Baltic; India was thrown into total war between its main realms allied with the French or the British; also having the Philippines and West Africa as naval conflict areas.

#maps #seven years war #18th century

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18thcenturythirsttrap · 5 months

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#interesting #sailors #seven years war #1758 #1750s #1760s #france #letters #social history

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little-desi-historian · 8 months

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So, I’m researching the seven years war.

All I have to say is, God damn it! English, French, and all colonizers (extremely derogatory).

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Also, George Washington and Robert Rogers are here to!

I’m convinced you can’t research the American revolution without researching the seven years war first.

Just this once, in this sole instance, historical! Washington had a very small semblance of moral high ground, he was an aid to camp on the English side, but he didn’t want war, he did everything in his power to prevent the war. His superiors and the French still blamed him.

I’m still dragging all colonial powers equally, additionally, Jefferson and Washington aren’t safe from my disdain.

👏 Tallmadge 👏 only 👏 gets 👏 a 👏pass 👏 because 👏 by 👏 the 👏 regency 👏 era 👏he 👏 hated 👏 slavery and 👏 we 👏 fully 👏would’ve 👏lost 👏 the 👏 revolution 👏 were 👏 it 👏 not 👏for 👏 the 👏 culper 👏 ring 👏 and 👏French 👏 backing. 👏

Tallmadge & slavery: not an exception, but in hindsight, better than most. (borrowed from @mollafer)

Above average, comparatively. Re: Benjamin Tallmadge the historical figure. (An opinion from @mollafer I generally agree with, and, but, cultural genocide and subjugation are still… well that).

Slavery is still an atrocity and makes people chattel and enforces white supremacy, it was designed as such.

American revolution, an ever growing master list of reading, compiled by me (I’m willing to crowd source should anyone have recommendations!).

New Orleans: Whitney plantation. Slavery from the black experience.

White man’s law.

On historical fiction and representation.

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vmpirevnom · 10 months

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sO rOmAnTic 🥴

#lafayette #marquis de lafayette #crack #amrev crack #amrev memes #seven years war #history #meme #my nonsense

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scriobh-an-iontas · 3 months

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And now that you've answered that, why not sit back and enjoy a brief history of the American Revolution:

First, the Seven Years War happens. It's mostly thought of as having been fought in Europe, but a campaign (not that kind) is also fought in North America. It is called "The French and Indian War" by the locals.

Britain wins the war against France, and subsequently gets the rights to all land east of the Mississippi river.

Colonialists start moving onto native land, probably with a lot of aggression and arrogance. This is ok so far as Britain is concerned, because they assume that the colonialists can play nice with the natives.

That is not the case. As such, the natives push back against them. 500+ colonialists die during this conflict.

Britain realizes that the colonialists CAN'T play nice and forbids them from going west of Appalachian mountains. Troops are sent to enforce this. Taxes are raised to support the troops, levied mostly on the colonies because they're the reason this mess exists at all.

Wealthy Land / Business Owners get frustrated by Britain imposing its will on the colonies and disallowing them from spreading West. Sure, taxes are bad, but it probably wasn't the little folks paying the lion's share of them, except insofar as the fees associated with them are concerned, but you pay sales taxes, so you know that heavy toll already.

Unhappy working class colonialists don't like paying those extra fees, like any USAmerican doesn't like, but this dislike is further stoked into unhappiness via propaganda until war is inevitable.

France, convinced by wealthy colonialists, backs to revolution as a "fuck you" to Britain ("We can't have land in the Americas? Fine. You don't get your precious colonies, either")

America is born! If you're a wealthy white man you're free to do whatever! Otherwise you can fuck off.

Imperialist conquest of the continent begins in earnest ("but really it's just our Manifest Destiny to control the whole continent so it's alright").

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Ultimately, if they don't benefit the wealthy, any establishment of rights in USAmerica regarding a disenfranchised group only happens after massive civil disruption.

Said rights are never seen as good by the establishment, only as the necessary price for keeping/restoring the peace.

For Example:

The north fought the civil war to keep the south in the union. The south fought the civil war to keep their slaves.

If Lincoln hadn't been killed and his VP hadn't bungled things as much as he did, there would be no amendment regarding slavery, it would be a purely legislative matter, not a constitutional one.

This means that, if Lincoln lived, we'd need to worry about republicans overturning anti-slavery laws too, in addition to everything else.

#american revolution #America #usa #founding fathers #Tax the rich #eat the fucking rich #eat the rich #manifest destiny #the big lie #imperialism #colonialism #westward expansion #north america #seven years war #french and indian war #thirteen colonies #original colonies #taylor polls

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nickysfacts · 3 months

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She was truly one of the most interesting figures during the Age of Revolution!

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bantarleton · 4 months

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Massachusetts Provincials. Photo Brent Kemmer.

#history #military history #18th century #seven years war #7 years war #French and Indian war

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illustratus · 1 year

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Dankchoral von Leuthen by Wilhelm Camphausen

King Frederick the Great of Prussia and his troops on the night of the victory at Leuthen. The troops reportedly sang Nun danket alle Gott ("Now Thank we all our God"), known widely as the Leuthen chorale.