Section 1: British and American Revolutions
- The Seven Years' War began in Europe in 1756. It had already begun in North America in 1754, when British and French troops clashed.
- In America, the war was called the French and Indian War. In Europe, Britain and its ally, Prussia, fought France and its allies, Austria and Russia. Prussia did most of the fighting in Europe, while Britain battled France in North America and India.
- The war ended in 1763 in a brilliant triumph for Britain. France lost almost all its territories in North America and India.
- Britain won Canada and all French possessions east of the Mississippi River. Queen Anne, the first British monarch, died in 1714.
- Her second cousin George, a German prince, was her closest Protestant relative and became king. British law prohibited a Roman Catholic from being monarch.
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