Frederick II's invasion of Silesia offset the continental balance of power and:

A. drew England into a war in North America.
B. shattered the provisions of the Pragmatic Sanction.
C. led to the defeat of the Spanish trade monopoly.
D. sparked the outbreak of the Seven Years' War.
E. drew England into conflict with Prussia.


B

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