The Seven Years War begins | A History of Scotland

Neil Oliver explains the causes of the Seven Years War and the impact that it would have on British (especially Scottish) trading

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Clip Info
  • Clip length: 1'00''
  • Broadcast year: 2009
Curriculum Connection
  • History | Warfare and British society, c790-present | c1700-c1900: Warfare and British society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries | Case studies
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  • Provider: BBC
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Programme: A History of Scotland
  • Series: 2
  • Episode: The Price of Progress
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