Seven Year's War (jan 1, 1756 – jan 1, 1763)

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It was the Ohio Company’s demand for French recognition of its land claims that inaugurated the Seven Years’ War (known in the colonies as the French and Indian War), the first of the century’s impe­ rial wars to begin in the colonies and the first to result in a decisive victory for one combatant. Britain’s victory fundamentally reshaped the world balance of power. Peace of Paris in 1763.Eighteenth-century warfare, conducted on land and sea across the globe, was enormously expensive. The Seven Years’ War put strains on all the participants.

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