War
Seven Years' War
Also Known As French and Indian War (North American theater name)
Modern
The Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763) is often described as the first global conflict: a British-Prussian coalition fought a French-Austrian-Russian coalition across Europe, North America (where related fighting is also called the French and Indian War), India, the Caribbean and West Africa. Estimates for total deaths, military and civilian, range from under one million to well over one million depending on which regional campaigns and disease deaths are counted, and no single reconciled figure commands scholarly consensus. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
CombatantsA British-Prussian coalition against a French-Austrian-Russian coalition, with related fighting extending to North America, India, the Caribbean and West Africa 1 OutcomeBritish-Prussian victory; the Treaty of Paris (1763) transferred French Canada and territory east of the Mississippi to Britain, marking Britain's rise as the dominant colonial power 1 Classification
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Associated With
Flintlock pistols armed cavalry and officers on every side of the Seven Years' War
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Commanders and Forces
Frederick the Great commanded Prussian forces through the Seven Years' War, holding Prussia against a coalition of Austria, Russia and France
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Uses
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Sources
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conflict type
a British-Prussian coalition fought a French-Austrian-Russian coalition across Europe
Lead text
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent.
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The war in North America, along with the global Seven Years' War, officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. The British offered France the choice of surrendering either its continental North American possessions east of the Mississippi or the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, which had been occupied by the British.
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the Seven Years' War
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In fact, the colichemarde was popular during the Seven Years' War of 1756-1763.
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French and Indian Wars, Chickasaw Wars, Austrian War of Succession, Jacobite rising of 1745, Karnatic Wars, Seven Years' War, Larache expedition, American War of Independence, Haitian Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars, Coalition Wars, United Irishmen Rebellion, Napoleonic Wars, Emmet's Insurrection, Siege of Santo Domingo of 1805, War of 1812, Greek War of Independence, Franco-Trarzan War of 1825, French conquest of Algeria, First Franco-Mexican War, Franco-Moroccan War, French-Tahitian War, Cochinchina campaign, American Civil War, Garnier Expedition, Tonkin campaign
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Indian Wars, Seven Years' War, Anglo-Spanish War, Invasion of Portugal, Twenty Years' War, American Revolutionary war, Spanish-Portuguese War, Haitian Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars, War of the Pyrenees, Anglo-Spanish War, War of the Oranges, Saint-Domingue expedition, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War, Bolivian War of Independence, Venezuelan War of Independence, Argentine War of Independence, Mexican War of Independence, Chilean War of Independence, Spanish reconquest of New Granada, Ecuadorian War of Independence, Spanish reconquest attempts in Mexico, French invasion of Spain, Portuguese Civil War, First Carlist War, Mexican-American War, Second Carlist War, Cochinchina Campaign, Hispano-Moroccan War, Dominican Restoration War, Chincha Islands War, Ten Years' War
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