The Seven Years’ War - Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD
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1740
- 1748
Succession to the Austrian throne.
• Emperor Charles IV died
Maria Theresa.
• King Frederick of Prussia took advantage of a
woman on the throne and invaded Austrian
Silesia.
• France entered the war
against Austria.
• Maria Theresa allied with
Great Britain.
In
Europe.
• Prussia took Silesia.
In
the Far East.
• France took Madras (Chennai) in India from the
British.
In
North America.
• British took French fort of Louisbourg at mouth of
St. Lawrence River.
New
Allies
• France abandoned Prussia and allied with
Austria.
• Russia saw Prussia as a threat and joined the
alliance with France and Austria.
• Britain allied with Prussia
British
Prussians
Austrians
Russians
French
Diplomatic
revolution led to worldwide
war --• Prussian army successful..at first.
Attacked from three directions and worn down!
Near disaster until Peter III, the Russian czar (who
greatly admired Frederick II) withdrew Russian forces
from the conflict.
• War ended in 1763
Land returned
Austria recognized Prussia’s control of Silesia.
Great War
for Empire
Struggle continued between France and
Britain in India.
British won because they were more
persistent.
Treaty of Paris, 1763
• French withdrew from India.
To
the French
• A trading area. (fur, fish, timber, leather).
• Difficult for them to get people to move here.
To
the British
• 13 prosperous colonies.
• More populated.
Water
ways of the Gulf of the Saint
Lawrence. (Near Quebec)
Ohio River Valley
• French began to move down from Canada and
up from Louisiana and built forts in the Ohio
River Valley.
This was a threat to British expansion!
The
French gained the support of the
Native Americans.
• French were traders, not settlers.
• Viewed by Natives with less
hostility than the British.
William
Pitt, British Prime Minister
• Put little into European wars while putting
resources into the colonial war. (esp the Navy)
French
had more troops here but were
destroyed at sea!