Who was included in Western Europe’s upper class?

What did rudyard kipling mean when he wrote about the white man’s burden

1. the fifteenth amendment guaranteed for all us citizens, regardless of "previous condition of servitude." freedom citizenship voting rights religious tolerance 2. which group was still not allowed to vote following passage of this amendment? women poor men rich men former slaves 3. the fifteenth amendment was the last of the amendments. carpetbagger lincoln reconstruction scalawag

According to this map, why did the french do so well at the beginning of the seven years’ war?