How well do you really know the Seven Years’ War?
Seven Years’ War & French and Indian War Quiz: Test Your Knowledge!
The Seven Years’ War, or the French and Indian War as the North American theatre is commonly known, was a truly global conflict. The European great powers and their Indigenous allies clashed across five continents. The consequences were profound, and we still live with them today. Some of its history survives in popular culture — The Last of the Mohicans, Barry Lyndon, and the Rose of Minden — but much is revealed only through deeper research. How much do you really know about the Seven Years’ War?
Test your knowledge with 20 questions randomly selected from a bank of 40, spanning Silesia and the Diplomatic Revolution, Frederick the Great’s campaigns, the French and Indian War, Canada, India, the Caribbean and the Philippines. Every attempt is different.
Score 60% to pass — and expect a challenge.
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Results
Victory at Leuthen! The field is yours.
Frederick would approve. Pitt would probably claim the credit. You have survived twenty questions across Europe, North America, India and the wider world — and clearly know your Seven Years’ War.
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Disaster at Kunersdorf!
Your battalions are broken, your cavalry has disappeared over the horizon, and Frederick is writing something deeply uncomplimentary about you. Regroup and try again.
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1756-1763 Seven Years War (French and Indian War 1754-1763)
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#1. At which 1759 battle did a combined Russian-Austrian army inflict one of Frederick the Great’s worst defeats?
#2. Which European power entered the war against Britain in 1762 under the Bourbon Family Compact?
#3. Which battle in Bengal in 1757 established a major foundation for British East India Company power in India?
#4. Which British commander was mortally wounded during the disastrous 1755 expedition against Fort Duquesne?
#5. Which 1760 battle in southern India was a decisive British victory over French forces?
#6. Which young Virginia officer was involved in the 1754 fighting at Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity?
#7. Which major French fortress on Cape Breton Island fell to British forces in 1758?
#8. Which city surrendered to British forces in September 1760, effectively ending major French resistance in Canada?
#9. Which 1756 Prussian action helped turn an escalating international crisis into general war in Europe?
#10. At which November 1757 battle did Frederick the Great defeat a larger French and Imperial army with a brilliant flanking attack against a march column?
#11. Which British fort was attacked unsuccessfully at the Battle of Carillon in 1758 and later became known as Fort Ticonderoga?
#12. Which British general commanded the force that defeated the French on the Plains of Abraham in 1759?
#13. Which two European powers were the principal opponents in the struggle for Silesia during the Seven Years’ War?
#14. Which description best captures why the Seven Years’ War is often called a global war?
#15. Which British officer captured Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario in 1758, disrupting French supply lines?
#16. Why was the socket bayonet important to eighteenth-century infantry?
#17. Which battle in June 1757 ended in a serious Prussian defeat and forced Frederick to abandon the siege of Prague?
#18. Which tactical approach is especially associated with Frederick’s victory at Leuthen in December 1757?
#19. Which British statesman became closely associated with directing Britain’s global war effort from 1757?
#20. Which French trading settlement became the principal French base in southeastern India during the conflict?
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