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{{Battle Infobox
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|next = American Revolution
|name = Seven Years' War
|date = 1754
|end = 1763
|place = Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia
|battles = *French and Indian War
- Europe
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Great Britain
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.png){kind=small}
Portugal (from 1762)
File:Flag of Hanover.png Hanover
File:Armoiries de La Falloise.png Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Iroquois Confederacy
File:Flag of Hesse-Kassel.png
Hesse-Kassel
File:Flag of Fürstentum Schaumburg Lippe.png Schaumburg-Lippe
|side2 = File:Kingdom of France Flag.svg France
Holy Roman Empire
- File:Flag of Austria.png Austria
- File:Flag of Saxony.png Saxony
- [[File:Flag of Bavaria.png|20px|border] Bavaria
Russia (until 1762)
File:Spanish Flag (18th Century).png Spain (from 1762)
Sweden (1757–62)
Abenaki Nation
Mughal Empire
|commanders1 =
.png){kind=link}
- George II (until 1760)
- George III (from 1760)
- Frederick II
- King Joseph II
- Duke Ferdinand
|commanders2 = *King Louis XV
- Empress Maria Theresa
- Maximilian III
- Empress Elizabeth (until 1762)
- Emperor Peter III (from 1762)
- King Adolph Frederick
- King Charles III
}} The Seven Years' War (1754-1763), also known as the War of the Conquest in French Canada, was among the first truly global armed military conflicts, between several nations in Europe, most notably Great Britain and France, and their colonies. Other belligerents included Portugal, Spain, Russia, Prussia, Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, and several Iroquois tribes in North America, as part of the war’s more local conflict.[1]
The war began in 1754 as the result of shifting political borders and alliances in Europe, coupled with the efforts of several nations to secure lands beyond Britain's Thirteen Colonies. Fighting soon broke out both in Europe and in and around North America; theaters ranged from Canada to the West Indies and from the eastern Atlantic coast to the Russian city of Moscow. The infamous French and Indian War was part of the conflict, specifically the North American theater, where France allied with native Iroquois tribes to stop the British advance westward. In Europe, the war was largely fought with sieges and arson along with several open battles. [citation needed]
Several key historical figures were involved in the war, including the future President of the United States, George Washington; the Templars Haytham Kenway, Edward Braddock, William Johnson, John Pitcairn, and Charles Lee also participated in the conflict, several of them earning reputation, influence, and power from their involvement.[1] The Assassin-turned-Templar Shay Cormac was also active during the war,[2] as was the French Assassin and soldier Pierre Bellec.[3] By the war's end, the Assassin–Templar War had intensified dramatically, and the Colonial Rite of the Templar Order had all but destroyed the Colonial Assassins.[2]
The war officially ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, granting the victorious Great Britain and her allies several holdings throughout the Americas. Spain also emerged a victor, and was given French Louisiana, among other lands.[4]
Despite their victory, Britain's mounting costs from the war, and her efforts to recoup the costs from the colonies, eventually contributed to a growing colonial resentment; years later, this would set the stage for the American Revolutionary War in 1775.[1]
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