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Seven Years War

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1756–63, worldwide war fought in Europe, North America, and India between France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia, Great Britain, and Hanover on the other. The struggle was complex in its origin and involved two main distinct conflicts—the colonial rivalry between France and England and the struggle for supremacy in Germany between the house of Austria and the rising kingdom of Prussia. It was preluded in America by the outbreak of the last of the French and Indian Wars and in India by fighting among native factions and the struggle there between the French governor Dupleix and the British statesman Robert Clive . The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) had left Austria humiliated. Seeking to recover Silesia from Prussia, Empress Maria Theresa even before the conclusion of that war had secured the alliance of Elizabeth of Russia. In the years following the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), Kaunitz , as Austrian ambassador to…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
(1756-63) Major European conflict that established Britain as the foremost maritime and colonial power and ensured the survival of Prussia as a major power in central Europe. The war was a continuation of the rivalries involved in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Britain and Prussia…
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From Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present Full text Article A-Z Entries
A global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763 in Europe, North America, and India. Pitted against Prussia, Great Britain, and Hanover were France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and, after 1862, Spain. The battles fought in Europe mainly ended in draws, and European boundaries were returned to…
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From English History: People, Places and Events That Built a Country
By the mid-18th century, Britain’s trade routes and power spread across the world. However, it had a great rival in its project to build a global Empire: France. This rivalry spilled over into war in 1756. The Seven Years War was the world’s first truly global conflict. In 1759, Britain won a series…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(1756–63) Major European conflict between Austria and its allies France, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia on one side against Prussia and its allies Hanover and Britain on the other. The war arose out of Austria’s attempt to win back the rich province of Silesia , taken by Prussia in the War of the…
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
The first imperial war fought in the colonies, the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) developed from Anglo-French contention over the North American Ohio Valley. In 1754, Virginia dispatched an army under Lieutenant Colonel George Washington to construct a fort at the head of the Ohio River (present-day…
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From The Reader's Companion to American History
The Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in the colonies) lasted from 1756 to 1763, forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War. In the early 1750s, France's expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought it into…
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1756–1763 The Seven Years’ War—its name in Europe—was known as the French and Indian War in North America. Officially, hostilities began in 1756 with a declaration of war between Britain and France and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Actual fighting, however, began in 1754 in North America. …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1756–63, worldwide war fought in Europe, North America, and India between France, Austria, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia, Great Britain, and Hanover on the other. The struggle was complex in its origin and involved two main distinct conflicts—the colonial…
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From Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas
The Seven Years’ War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War, began in North America on May 28, 1754, when a mixed British-Indian force under George Washington attacked a French construction party near the modern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . Washington’s troops killed a number of…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
War in North America 1756–63 arising from the conflict between Austria and Prussia, and between France and Britain over colonial supremacy. Britain and Prussia defeated France, Austria, Spain, and Russia; Britain gained control of India and many of France's colonies, including Canada. The fighting…
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