Seven+Years'+War

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CONFLICT:The **Seven Years' War** was a major military conflict that lasted from 1756 until the conclusion of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris in 1763. It involved all of the major European powers of the period. They were alreay fighting in a war previously called the War of the Austrian Succession that had lasted between 1740 and 1748, in which King Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great, had gained the rich province of Silesia from Austria. Maria Theresa's interest in the welfare of the soldiers had gained her their undivided respect. Austria had suffered several humiliating defeats to Prussia in the previous war, and strongly dissatisfied with the limited help they had received from the British, they now saw France as the only ally who could help them retake Silesia and check Prussia's expansion.The second cause for war arose from the heated colonial struggle between the British Empire and French Empire which, as they expanded, met and clashed with one another on two continents.

CAST AND CREW:Prussia, Great Britain, Austria, France, Russia, Swedan, Saxony, Portugal, and Spain. Fredrick II, Prince Henry, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydiltz,

MAJOR PLAYERS || REASONS FOR INVOVLEMENT ||
 * Prussia || They were the ones who kept getting attacked by Great Britain. Prussia's only major assistance came from Great Britain. ||
 * Great Britain || Great Britain was one of the main allies against Frederick. ||
 * Frederick The Great || Frederick the Great of Prussia acquired the province of Silesia from Austria, greatly increasing his realm, but Austria resented the theft and plotted revenge. ||
 * Austrians || The Austrians wanted to retake Silesia, the province Prussia had taken from them during the last war. ||

MINOR PLAYERS || REASONS FOR INVOVLEMENT ||
 * France || The French tried to defeat the Prussians who had only the British as major allies. ||

MINI-BIOGRAPHIES OF MAJOR PLAYERS

Frederick The Great: Frederick was born in Berlin the son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.He is now the king of Prussia and his goals were to Frederick's goal was to modernize and unite his vulnerably disconnected lands; toward this end, he fought wars mainly against Austria, whose Habsburg dynasty reigned as Holy Roman Emperors, almost continuously from the 15th century until 1806. Frederick established Prussia as the fifth and smallest European great power by using the resources his frugal father had cultivated. Great Britain:

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