the Seven Years War a legendary conflict
that involved every great power of
Europe spanned five continents and
affected the world for centuries to come
its legacy now lives on and dull history
courses at bore me to tears
I'd to read those for this I hope you
appreciate that
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hello and welcome to feature history
featuring the Seven Years War the
world's war before World Wars were cool
this war of history forever lived on as
a listed reasons for the American and
French Revolution honestly I think it's
way cooler than those two conflicts I
think I'm safe and assuming we've all
heard of it maybe even some aspects
about it but what were the cause of the
occurrences and the effects the nitty
gritty so to say well turns out I made a
video on ER and you're watching it
should keep doing just that so I'm going
to attempt to delve into the Herculean
task as some what have you think of
explaining the causes of the Seven Years
War
I'll disclaimers well I fully understand
why people describe as such difficult
tasks because it's hard not to sound
like a as you try to cover so
many things at once we'll start with the
European side of the long torturous
story the most clear cause for the war
would bring us back to 1740 with the
holy roman emperor charles the six is
passing his daughter maria theresa would
be the one to succeed him inheriting his
many titles and becoming the queen of
Hungary Croatia behemoth and most
importantly subsided this video the
Archduchess of Austria and also for the
purpose of noting she'd become holy Rome
Empress later in 1745 Butterick ii of
prussia or as history was reported in
frederick the great questioned her
inheritance like a saucy lawyer cited
salic law as the reason she could not
inherit these titles but rather he just
wished to challenge Habsburg power he
would declare war against Austria and be
joined by France Spain Sweden and other
countries I don't care about the war of
Austrian succession would rage on for
over half a decade and Frederick took
the chance to prove it strategic or
superiority at every opportunity in
doing so he was able to seize control of
the Austrian region of South Asia
dealing a serious blow to tourism the
war would end with the controversial
Treaty of La Chapelle and 1748 its
dominant focus was that of Prussia
annexing flow Asia leaving France out of
the picture and seriously offending
Louis the 15th in the process alongside
Louise degrading opinion of Frederick so
had Theresa's opinion to her a lie of
the war towards a second
George had managed to escape had decided
to feed at the cost of Austria and he
was attempting to pressure Theresa into
just cutting our losses and letting go
so asia
alliances would switch the longtime
rivals of britain and france decide to
sort out our lies britain now
back in Russia and France Austria
Britain in France with the conflict in
Europe aside have been brewing their own
future conflicts ashore in North America
tensions grew but 1754 Spain's colonial
claims to the America has lost a
significant proportion of said
significance and the British and French
were invested in the eastern seaboard of
North America the British possessed most
of the long days u.s. is Eastern speed
line whilst France laid claim to a large
area of the Midwest Louisiana and
Eastern Canada these claims also the
French won so not by any stretch of the
imagination is densely populated many
regions only deserves a sign that my
credit either French or British the land
the native tribes of the area were also
heavily invested in the conflict as they
traded with these colonial powers often
and many operated their Wars and state
of the resources of foreign powers so
many decades they have been able to play
the French and British off of one
another to retain a form of independence
and control a line was to be drawn in
the sand and the major native powers of
the region would have to choose a side
the Iroquois and the Cherokees had sided
with the British walls pretty much
everyone else big the Hurons Algonquin
urban are keys and Micmacs would join
the French the French would need it as
well given their significant
disadvantage in numbers due to their
sparsely populated colonies the war in
the americas would start earlier than
the conflict in Europe being dubbed the
French and Indian War the combat began
in 1754 the scuffle would usually go
something like the British saying you
might have a claim but I've got off for
it and the French would return where you
might have your heart the day is got
three hearts and the British would play
rematch to sports battle soon and then
fighting began you're welcome for those
impressions live with the 15th we call
this an act of war and George would
shrugging shoulders
1754 to 1763 would generally be
considered as favors for the British
because whilst not losing much ground
they weren't able to gain too much
either with the exception of their
victory in Acadia the situation so far
was somewhat weak
North America of course wasn't the only
colonies at least eight combat India
would see its own fair share of warring
in the subcontinent the ones dominant mu
: pyres power had been waning for some
time
Britain's state-owned company the East
India Company had been waging economic
war against Dutch French and independent
companies in the attempt to seize a
monopoly over the valuable spices in the
area the Mughal empires decline and the
infighting has been experi
with entities such as the Maratha
Confederacy the area was left wide open
to a European annexation whilst the East
India Company had certainly been a top
dog in the area for some time it wished
to officially cement its position
against the French and the Dutch ideally
in a war with boats I've heard Britain
likes boots back in Europe Theresa's
desire to take back Silesia grew more
and more her wishes would be accompanied
by Louie's wishes to see France rival
British colonial power and Elizabeth of
Russia's wish to conquer eastern Prussia
Frederick's fully understood the odds
that were beginning to stack against him
and he was not one to sit around with
his thumb up his ass he knew his enemies
saw his growing power as highly
threatening but he was not one to give
up crushes near the stage with ease to
avoid being surrounded on all sides have
been invade the electric of Saxony on
the 29th of August 1756 igniting the
powder keg the world has become in the
process
welcome to the Seven Years War the war
began in 1756 or 1754 or 1740 will
discuss 1756 the war would be fought
between the two alliances or war parties
of the convention of Westminster and the
Treaty of Versailles - no not that one
the former featuring the states of Great
Britain and Prussia and France Austria
and Russia being one Vlada Frederick's
invasion into Saxony was a success and
he was able to capture the state but he
was not granted the momentum he desired
to push into the Austrian territory of
Bohemia meanwhile in the Americas his
luck had begun to turn around as the
British government poured more and more
resources into the theatre that would
mean though that Frederick could not
expect much assistance from the British
on the continent Britain had allied with
Prussia as they saw him as the best fit
to defend George's title in Hanover
where he had inherited the title of
electorate due to hereditary monarch
bath and return Frederick could hope
that the British would be able to
economically France by
eliminating their colonies which Britain
would have gladly done anyway as
Frederick's enemies moved in they
threatened to tie a noose around
Frederick's custom splat of a country in
1757 France moved its forces to
Prussia's west attempting to seize
Hanover to accompany this the Austrians
began to move in as well heading
straight for Saxony furyk did not falter
though and he stood his ground and
convincingly defeated the two army to
the Saxon despite this heroic victory
the mood for the Prussians for dampen as
Austria was able to reunite
as old territory of Silesia in late 1757
in addition Sweden saw weakness in
Russia and sought to reclaim some of
their own estranged territories in the
pomeranian war adding yet another threat
to the north hope for the Prussians
would only continue to degrade as Russia
seeds Russia's eastern territories and
in defense of Austria was met with
failure Britain's war on the colonies
was for them thankfully on the lighter
note on July 17 58 they had taken a
great victory at the Battle of
Louisbourg signaling the beginning of
the end to the franc as said earlier
though to claim such a victory they had
been forced to focus almost entirely on
the Americas leaving Prussia and what
seemed a death grip 17:59 seemed as if
it would be the end of Prussia the
combined Russian and Austrian offensives
threatened to wipe a Berlin off the map
after they took victory at the Battle of
kunais or further could be saved and
what he entitled the miracle of the
House of Brandenburg the Russian and
Austrians had failed to take advantage
of the opportunity to feed pressure -
what revenue mask France decided support
from a multitude of native groups as
unable to rival Britain's inventory and
naval cousin from the continent as Lewis
indecisive attitude left his country
split between the war in Europe and the
war in the colonies losing both because
of it France and Britain along side
their scuffle and the colonies would
fight a long war at sea attempted to see
who truly had enabled supremacy sure we
all know who that is the day but pretend
new rules the wave wasn't it solidified
a concept at the time the fleets that
each nation held with so large they were
capable of fighting battles all over the
globe on five continents should be able
to find French and British ships
fighting or rather sinking off the coast
the warship became the centerpiece of
any Navy it held the firepower of an
army and were cost roughly the same as
one the worid sea would become a vicious
cycle where every battle mattered the
one with more ships was able to better
defend its trade routes with wish to
obtain greater wealth to build more
ships on land the British would continue
their push after their success at
Lewisburg moving into Canada and
capturing Quebec and then later Montreal
stripping France of its footholds and
any chance of a comeback back in Europe
France decided they wish to take up its
own offensive and clean up Austria and
Russia stupid mistake yet again being
split between the colonies of seas and
the continent there
capable of seeing any success regardless
of Frederick's earlier miracle he still
stood on the brink of defeat not able to
launch any senses into enemy territory
without certain defeat all fogger could
do now is sit and wait between 1760 and
1762 the conflict in Europe began to
slow so I can afford to touch on some
other features such as the conflicts in
India European Wars there when other new
things also been fought between rival
companies on leading soil before and the
Seven Years War but only served to renew
these squabbles Lily had wished to
finally see his struggle against the
East India Company come to a close and
the originally named French East India
Company become the company on the
subcontinent the fighting was mainly
oriented around the south of India and
the British would thanks to their robust
Navy and military discipline were able
to seize many French settlement and
forts in the area despite the French
having the support of than vehicle
Empire with credence to what is becoming
a trend here the French being spread too
thin
the British were able to see victory
when they took their rival companies
capital of one day in 1761 effectively
ending the war in India the war at sea
also told the quite familiar story at
this point
Britain being an island nation had
focused heavily on being good at one
thing in this context Navy the French
had not lui would find himself in the
losing side of the cycle of its growth
earlier and as a consequence of supply
lines were cut thin and as they
continued to lose the war
see they would only increase their
chances of losing the war on the
continent to return to the
aforementioned continent Frederick's
Locke had not seemed to add Rendell that
oh it was once again saved when the
sudden twist of fate his rifle Elizabeth
died - the largest killer of all history
health complications she was succeeded
by her intensely German nephew Peter the
third in 1762 who just so happened to be
Frederick's number one fan and would
sign the treaty of st. Petersburg that
would see Russia withdraw from the war
and shortly later Sweden as well in the
shape of the Treaty of Hamburg with
Russia's exit from the war all was not
yet lost for the Treaty of Versailles as
earlier in 1759 the Spanish monarchs
Ferdinand the six had died and was
succeeded by his half-brother Charles
the third whose ambitious plans to Spain
would see him and suburban Spain into
the ward in 1762
allied earth of course
servin France Spain itself targeted
Portugal who had been predominantly
neutral to this point Portugal was still
recovering from the devastating Lisbon
earthquake of 1755 and Joseph the first
of Portugal had stressed the need to
rebuild rather than to militarize
Spain's invasion of Portugal would be
dubbed the fantastic war as despite
Spain and Frances overwhelming advantage
and numbers most troops was succumb to
hunger disease in low morale
despite Spain during the war even they
were not able to research the struggle
in North America Britain had become far
too dominant in the colonies down south
and the new will though a new conflict
would emerge Portugal's colony of Brazil
was to be attacked on all sides where
the Spanish colonies had surrounded it
the Portuguese would have to fight a
game of strategy avoiding entering
battles he could not win they would lose
some territory but nowhere near as much
as the Spanish had been counting on
France had his own idea to turn the war
around at the proposal of the French
Foreign Minister shows well a plan with
certain action to attack Britain
directly the plan was ambitious costly
and frankly stupid as Frances expensive
suite was sunk by the British navies
before they were even halfway to Britain
France had lost the naval arms race with
Russia out of the war
Spain preoccupied with Portugal and
France and shambles Frederick's only
enemy left was the Austrian who we would
defeat in models battles in the closing
months of 1762 Frederick's war ended in
1763 with the trigo Hubertus Berg the
pre-war conditions were to be restored
save the million dead people were now
crippled economies the Seven Years War
would take four treaties and two of
which bring the earlier mentioned Treaty
of st. Petersburg and Hamburg in 1763
with a combination of the Treaty of
Paris and the Treaty of Hubertus Berg
that would be find on the 10th of
February and 15th of February 1763
respectfully the war ended in Europe as
a pre war scenario was to be restored
and have little some no border changes
commenced as a consequence of this
victory Frederick had been able to
cement each country's position as an
official great power of Europe another
consequence this time in the more
negative connotation of the word France
began a rapid decline from the Seven
Years War onward which would famously
conclude in the French Revolution that
would subsequently lead to Napoleon's
reign which would change the face of
Europe forever if you
Honda for a moment you might ask now
that britain's rival was out of the
picture what is left for britain well a
little thing called building the largest
empire to ever exist after the
resounding success in the Seven Years
War it seemed as if no one could stop
them
in favor of not being too Eurocentric
here I should also touching the colonies
they are important to some people 320
million people to be a bit more exact
France was made to cede its possessions
to Canada Britain and partition
Louisiana between Britain and Spain
France would also lose their territory
and India to the British leaving the
British to soon dominate all of India
and forth the Indians under colonial
rule in the Americas the natives no
longer held any power to play the two
rival empires off one another leaving
them to be almost entirely subject to
the will of the colony the will of the
colonies would also be shown when they
preached no taxation without
representation and had cost a lot of
money and put Britain in a lot of debt
to win the war in the Americas given the
fact that the colonists saw the most
reward it seems only right they put the
bill in the form of new taxes I'm pretty
sure we all know how this little story
ended the struggle in South America
between Spain and Portugal would also
lead to a future war between the two
thousand 1776 which I'm sure means
something but for the love of God I'm
sick of researching the stuff all in all
the Seven Years War is this epic
behemoth of a war that whilst it does
get mentioned is severely unexplored by
other people today whilst it is easy to
get lost in the millions of things that
happened the Seven Years War it really
is a fascinating setting it's an 18th
century world war like how cool is that
alright and the societal and historical
impact players in if we can pardon our
history that they have elephants and
redcoats
it's so awesome yeah that's the note I'm
finishing the video on no deep-rooted
meaning no philosophical that's
just what you get as always I'd like to
thank my patrons and personally thank
you said fur and now as well Roberto
Lozano means dinner probably butcher
that horribly yeah yeah