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caused by Austria's refusal to accept the loss of Silesia to Frederick II of Prussia during the War of the Austrian Succession, and from Russian determination to humble Prussia. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) had merely suspended Austro-Prussian conflict over Silesia.

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Spain stayed neutral under the rule of King Ferdinand VI. After he died, his succeeder younger brother Charles III of Spain feared that Britain's war on France will eventually affect Spain, so he signed the family compact with France in 1761, joining France's side. As a result, Britain declared war on Spain in January, 1762.

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The war started when Fredrick II of prussia attacked Austria's Ally of Saxony. This was to take away Saxony as a possible base for Austria to attack Prussia  

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The war started when Fredrick II of prussia attacked Austria's Ally of Saxony. This was to take away Saxony as a possible base for Austria to attack Prussia  

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Portugal stayed neutral until the Spanish and French invaded

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Portugal stayed neutral until the Spanish and French invaded

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Spain continued to attack Portuguese territories in south america

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France’s expansion into the Ohio river caused the British to suffer a series of defeats so the British Prime Minister funded war efforts

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To gratify Austria, the British government proposed Hanoverian support for the election of Maria Theresa’s son Joseph as the next Holy Roman emperor. That proposal foundered on the opposition of Frederick the Great (elector of Brandenburg as well as king of Prussia), whom the other German electors did not dare to antagonize.

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France and England each colonized different areas of North America. France's expansion into the Ohio river causing the British to suffer a series of defeats, making this the final trigger for the British Prime Minister to fund war efforts.

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Frederick II of Prussia invaded Austria’s ally Saxony in order to prevent a military base for a possible Austro-Russian attack against him

Gained bitter hostility of Austria

Prussia feared the alliance between Austria and Russia

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War was expensive and there was not enough money to pay for it

Lost war

Germany colonized Prussia and established a state called the German Order State (assimilated in German and Polish ethnic groups)

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France and England each colonized different areas of North America, started having conflict when the two forces stepped into each others territories.

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France and England each colonized different areas of North America, started having conflict when the two forces stepped into each others territories.

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Sweden commenced military operations against Prussia in 1757, following Austria’s and France’s efforts to include Sweden in the anti-Prussian alliance. Swedish politicians hoped that the coalition would lead to a quick victory without having to get too involved in the fighting, but that Sweden still would be rewarded for its support. Swedish military action was thus primarily designed to show the allies that Sweden participated in the war. Despite the low intensity warfare that characterized the fighting, the war was still extremely expensive. The Swedish state used mostly internal borrowing to finance the war, which led to negative economic and political consequences such as inflation and popular discontent.

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By participating in the war, the Swedish state sought to strengthen its commercial situation worldwide while preserving its military position in the Baltic region.

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The early Vasa kings created the Swedish state. Its chief characteristic was a strong monarchy in a rather rustic and backward economy (with the mining industry a noteworthy exception). Its chief weaknesses were opposition from the high nobility and a thirst for revenge on Denmark. In the following decades Sweden relegated Denmark to second place in the north and became a most aggressive great power.

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Spanish were humiliated trying to invade Portugal and lost against the British.
The Philippines were invaded and taken, Manila surrendered and British occupied for near on 2 years.
Havana Cuba was taken in the most humiliating defeat the Spanish suffered of the 18th century.

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Britain held a dominant position at the negotiations.

Despite suffering a year of defeats, Spain was prepared to fight on, French allies were opposed to.

Spain proposed France give Louisiana to Spain to compensate for its losses.
This allowed Britain and

Allowed France to negotiate with more legroom.

France and Spain considered the treaty a temporary armistice

Britain reduced the size of its armed forces during peacetime, but maintained a large military establishment to deter France and Spain.

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Prussia was a diverse grouping of territories under one leader, with minimal unity between provinces

Prussia survived, however, suffered heavy casualties. Battle of Zorndorf caused 1/3 of forces to be killed

Prussia gained Silesia

Mostly based on good fortune

Lost a lot of land

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Britain had politely asked the colonists not to settle west of the appalachian mountains, as this was an area of border conflict between the 13 colonies and New France, and could spark a war. Despite repeated refusals by the crown to allow settlement in the area, colonists chose to settle the area anyway. This resulted in various border skirmishes which eventually escalated into full scale war between the british and french colonies.

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After the war concluded, Great Britain was extremely successful in both the colonies and in the Europe. In the colonies they obtained a very large portion of land, including easter Canada and further parts of what would soon be the United States. Though they did not obtain as much land back in Europe, they did obtain or more retain the power they had, and with France suffering great loses war they cemented themselves as the biggest world power during that time period.

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The British colonies in North America were greatly enlarged following the end of the war, with the British now holding control over half of the North American continent. However, victory in the 7 years came at great cost for the British. The Empire had accumulated a large amount of debt from the war, and instituted new taxes on the 13 colonies to try and make up for it. This of course, would lead to great instability in the 13 colonies, and eventually, the American Revolution, which would cost the British one of their biggest and most important colonies

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The British Navy successfully prevented French ships from reaching the colonies. This stopped the French from their plan to invade.

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When the Seven Years War started, both Portugal and Spain remained neutral

But when King Ferdinand VI of Spain died in 1759 and was replaced by Charles III, Spain took on a more ambitious direction aiming to become a global colonial power

With the help of France, Spain attacked Portugal (which was an important economic ally to Great Britain at the time). Since the war was started against them, Portugal had no choice but to join

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The British-Portugaleuse force overran a major spanish supply base

The Portuguese army practiced a scorched earth strategy and successfully used it to chase the greatly reduced Franco-Spanish army back to Spain

A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy that aims to destroy anything that might be useful to the enemy while it is advancing through or withdrawing from a location.

There were an astronomically low amount of Portuguese and British casualties, compared to an estimated 25,000 Franco-Spanish casualties

France and Spain’s forces were approximately 5 times larger, too - around 62,000 soldiers vs. around 14,000 soldiers

That’s why the war is known as the “Fantastic War” in Portuguese history: it was an incredibly successful war for Portugal

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Invaded by Spain and France May 5, 1762

Spanish invasion in Portuguese South American territories

Lost southern Brazil and Uruguay

Victory in northern and western Brazil

Major Franco-Spanish casualties

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Russian and British diplomat, agreeing on the terms and conditions of the St Petersburg Treaty. circa 1747, colourised.

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Russian and British diplomat, agreeing on the terms and conditions of the St. Petersburg Treaty. (circ. 1747)

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Prussia's climb on the political/martial food chain was seen as an aggressive move by Russia; it was a threat to Russia's political power over Poland and the Baltic region of Europe.

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In the Treaty of Hubertusburg the countries considered giving Prussia to Russia and ultimately decided against it. In fact, Russia was taken out of the negotiations completely; A decision influenced by the French as a rebuttal for Russia supplying Britain with troops for use against France.However, the peace treaty did decide on the elimination of French influence in Poland, which is what Russia wanted the whole time.

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They suffered defeat in India from the British forces and Spain also failed to aid them in the Americas so they loss.

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They had to sign the Paris Treaty in 1763: retreated military forces that were a threat to the British, gave up North American territories but retained fishing rights in parts of Canada,

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signed between Prussia, Austria and Saxony on February 15, 1763. The Austraians wanted to keep Glatz, which they had conqured, but the treaty mosly reverted the control of the land back to the status quo of 1748