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.
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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 Sources
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