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CLEP Western Civ II

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The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748 was unlikely to bring permanent peace in Europe because it failed to resolve the tension between the
  1. English and the Austrians
  2. Prussians and the Austrians
  3. English and the Prussians
  4. Poles and Hungarians
  5. Upper-class and common people in France
Explanation
Answer: B - The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle created an uneasy truce between Prussia and Austria after the War of Austrian Succession. Prussia’s gain of Silesia represented a significant loss for Austria, which lost much of its German-speaking population after ceding the territory. Thus, the bulk of the Austrian empire lay in Eastern Europe after the war. Austria and Prussia would go to war for the territory again in the Seven Years War less than a decade later.
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