Can you name the Major Wars of the Modern Era? by TheQuizMaker

Year(s)	War	Causes, Results, or Clues
1546-1555		Protestantism
1526-1571		Dynastic Rivalry
1562-1598		Huguenots
1566-1609, 1621-1648		Independence of the Dutch Republic
1618-1648		The Balance of Power Shifts to Northwestern Europe
1642-1648		Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth
1652-1678		The Dutch Golden Age from Domination of World Trade
1667-1697		French Debt
1683-1697		Loss of Hungary and the Morea
1689-1697		Decline of French World Power
1702-1714		Philip Becomes King of Spain but Renounces Any Claim to the Throne of France
1702-1721		Peter the Great Just Needed a Warm Water Port on the Baltic Sea
1714-1718		Austria Gained More of the Hungarian Kingdom
1740-1748		Maria Theresa Rules the Austrian Empire
1756-1763		Great Britain Passes the Stamp Act in its North American Colonies
1775-1781		'No Taxation Without Representation!' (Please don't miss this one.)

Year(s)	War	Causes, Results, or Clues
1796-1815		French Revolution-Congress of Vienna
1846-1848		The U.S. Aquired Some Major Real Estate in the West
1853-1856		Alexander Finally Emancipated Russian Serfs
1861-1865		The U.S. Finally Emancipated Its Slaves
1870-1871		The Second French Empire Falls
1894-1895		Japan Continues to Build Its Empire
1898		'Remember the Maine!'
1904-1905		An Outsider Actually Beats a Major European Power
1914-1918		'The War to End All Wars' (The 'Great' War)
1939-1945		Evil Maniac Running Germany (If you miss this, never admit it.)
1946-1975		The French Were Losing Control of Their Colonies
1950-1953		Communism
1990-1991		Kuwait's Riches Looked Good to Iraq
1991-1997		Independence of Many New Countries
2003-		We Got Saddam Hussein, but Terrorism Persists.

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Major Wars of the Modern Era Quiz

by TheQuizMaker

Created Aug 27, 2010 in History
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	Terentius_Varro:	Aug 27th, 2010 at 10:34 GMT	4 points
	First of all, you should accept some variations on answers. Secondly, the Vietnam wars were two very different wars. The first was between France and it's colonies (it's usually called 'First Indochina war), the second was between North and South Vietnam (usually called the Vietnam War).

	RealityChuck:	Aug 27th, 2010 at 12:18 GMT	4 points
	Definitely need to accept more variations. And there's no mention of the War of 1812. How do you define "major"? Because there were several wars in South America that may qualify.

	Tolstoy:	Aug 27th, 2010 at 16:09 GMT	2 points
	Isn't 1526 a bit early to really be called 'The Modern Era'?

	Zephos:	Aug 27th, 2010 at 17:35 GMT	2 points
	No Second Congo War? Afghanistan War for Russia or the US? First Balkan Wars? Russian Civil War?

	Vermigs:	Aug 28th, 2010 at 07:12 GMT	1 point
	"The Modern era" begins at about the 16th century, or so Ive been told anyways.

	AutonomusPlebian:	Aug 28th, 2010 at 14:09 GMT	1 point
	need to accept variations eg - Dutch Revolt; King Williams War/Nine Years War (1689-1697);Gulf War/First Gulf War; US Civil War/American Civil War and Second Gulf War

	itsacon:	Aug 29th, 2010 at 02:27 GMT	1 point
	Definitely need more variations in names. Here in the colonies, it's the French-Indian War, not the Seven Years War. Also, insisting on the 'S' on some answers if really frustrating, as is not allowing common abbreviations, like WWI and WWII.

	DoctorCasino:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 15:57 GMT	1 point
	Yeah, come on - - - "American Civil War" really should do it. "Civil War in the Former Yugoslavia" is way too specific a wording too. Either take some of these out or accept variant answers. Also, why not just take "Spanish Succession" and "Austrian Succession" instead of having to type "War Of..."?

	johnlk:	Dec 18th, 2010 at 04:16 GMT	0 points
	The Third Anglo-Dutch War ended in 1674, not 1678.

	johnlk:	Dec 18th, 2010 at 04:17 GMT	0 points
	The Great Northern War began in 1700, not 1702.

	madzema:	Dec 18th, 2010 at 19:28 GMT	1 point
	Oh my. This is just bad.