Seven Years War
Eighteenth-century global struggle
The Seven Years War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the major European powers, fought across Europe, North America, and Asia.
Britain and Prussia opposed France, Austria, and Russia, among others.
The North American theater is known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
The conflict reshaped colonial holdings worldwide, with Britain gaining French Canada and Spanish Florida.
- PrussiaFormer German kingdom
- FranceWestern European republic
- Great BritainLargest island, northwest Europe
- BritainIsland off northwestern Europe
- balance of powerEqual distribution of influence
Austria · colonial · Frederick · treaty · global conflict · battlefields · line infantry · muskets · empire · territory · Canada · India · conquest · debt · soldiers · generals · Quebec · siege
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- 18th Century WarsAmerican Revolution, French Revolution, Great Northern War, War of Austrian Succession, War of Spanish Succession
- Anglo-FrenchEntente Cordiale, Norman Conquest, English Channel, Channel Tunnel, Eurostar
- Anglo-French WarsBattle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars, Battle of Trafalgar, Joan of Arc, Henry V
- European WarsNapoleonic Wars, Franco-Prussian War, Crimean War, Boer War, Winter War
- Georgian BritainGeorge III, Walpole, Culloden, Georgian era, Regency period
Seven Years WarSix-Day War
Week-minus-one combat, 1967
Falklands War · Gulf War · blitzkrieg · decisive battle · Franco-Prussian War
Seven Years WarConcert of Europe
Post-1815 great power diplomacy
armistice · peacetime · diplomatic settlement · Treaty of Paris · Treaty of Westphalia
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