Seven Years' War

:This article is about the 1756–1763 war. For the 1563–1570 war in Scandinavia, see Northern Seven Years' War. For the 1592–1598 war in Korea, see Seven Year War.

Peace

The British-French hostilities were ended in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris, which involved a complex series of land exchanges. France was given the choice of keeping either New France or its Caribbean island colony Guadeloupe, and chose the latter to retain one of its sources of sugar. This suited the British as well, as their own Caribbean islands already supplied ample sugar, but with the handover of New France they gained control of all lands in North America east of the Mississippi River. However, the end of the threat from New France to the British American colonies and the subsequent reorganization of those colonies would later become one of the enabling triggers for the American Revolution. Spain lost control of Florida to Great Britain, but took control of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi River from the French. The British garrison on the island of Minorca was returned to them.

Related Topics:
1763 - Treaty of Paris - New France - Guadeloupe - Sugar - Mississippi River - American Revolution - Florida - New Orleans - Louisiana Territory - Minorca

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European boundaries were returned to their pre-war states, by the Treaty of Hubertusburg (February 1763). This meant that Prussia was confirmed in its possession of Silesia. Prussia had survived the combined assault of its numerous neighbours, each larger than itself. Prussia gained enormously in influence at the cost of the Holy Roman Empire. This influence marks the beginning of the modern German state, an event at least as influential as the colonial empire Britain had gained.

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Boundaries - Treaty of Hubertusburg - 1763 - Holy Roman Empire

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From a military point of view the battles are less interesting than the numerous marches and countermarches in which Frederick excelled. This warfare of mobility would later be admired by Napoleon Bonaparte.

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