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Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle leaves many questions unsettled
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281
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Dupleix pursues his aggressive policy
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281
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He is recalled from India
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282
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His policy abandoned by the French
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282
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Agitation in North America
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283
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Braddock's expedition, 1755
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284
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Seizure of French ships by the English, while at peace
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285
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French expedition against Port Mahon, 1756
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285
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Byng sails to relieve the place
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286
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Byng's action off Port Mahon, 1756
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286
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Characteristics of the French naval policy
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287
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Byng returns to Gibraltar
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290
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He is relieved, tried by court-martial, and shot
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290
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Formal declarations of war by England and France
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291
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England's appreciation of the maritime character of the war
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291
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France is drawn into a continental struggle
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292
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The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) begins
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293
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Pitt becomes Prime Minister of England
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293
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Operations in North America
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293
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Fall of Louisburg, 1758
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294
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Fall of Quebec, 1759, and of Montreal, 1760
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294
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Influence of Sea Power on the continental war
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295
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English plans for the general naval operations
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296
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Choiseul becomes Minister in France
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297
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He plans an invasion of England
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297
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Sailing of the Toulon fleet, 1759
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298
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Its disastrous encounter with Boscawen
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299
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Consequent frustration of the invasion of England
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300
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Project to invade Scotland
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300
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Sailing of the Brest fleet
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300
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Hawke falls in with it and disperses it, 1759
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302
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Accession of Charles III. to Spanish throne
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304
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Death of George II.
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304
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Clive in India
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305
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Battle of Plassey, 1757
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306
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Decisive influence of Sea Power upon the issues in India
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307
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Naval actions between Pocock and D'Aché, 1758, 1759
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307
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Destitute condition of French naval stations in India
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309
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The French fleet abandons the struggle
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310
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Final fall of the French power in India
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310
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Ruined condition of the French navy
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311
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Alliance between France and Spain
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313
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England declares war against Spain
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313
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Rapid conquest of French and Spanish colonies
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314
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French and Spaniards invade Portugal
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316
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The invasion repelled by England
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316
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Severe reverses of the Spaniards in all quarters
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316
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Spain sues for peace
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317
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Losses of British mercantile shipping
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317
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Increase of British commerce
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318
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Commanding position of Great Britain
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319
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Relations of England and Portugal
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320
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Terms of the Treaty of Paris
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321
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Opposition to the treaty in Great Britain
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322
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Results of the maritime war
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323
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Results of the continental war
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324
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Influence of Sea Power in countries politically unstable
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324
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Interest of the United States in the Central American Isthmus
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325
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Effects of the Seven Years' War on the later history of Great Britain
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326
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Subsequent acquisitions of Great Britain
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327
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British success due to maritime superiority
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328
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