The Seven Years' War: The End of the War

The Seven Years' War: The End of the War

Cause: British troops occupied Quebec City.

1759, the British army captured Quebec city, the capital of new France, and the Seven-Year War turned to Britain.

From 1759, the struggle between Britain and France in the Seven-Year War in North America came to an end. 1763, the two sides signed a contract, and Britain took over the French colony of New France in North America. Canadian history entered the British North American colonial period.

1759 After the British conquest of Quebec, French rule in North America basically disappeared. However, the French did not give up the final struggle.

Losing the capital Quebec City and the Commander-in-Chief, the French army gained the command of levi and retreated to Montreal along the St. Lawrence River. Neither Levy nor the French government is willing to end the new French colony that has been deeply cultivated for more than a century. The British naval blockade prevented France from sending reinforcements to North America.

Levi can only be forced to recruit in the occupied territories of North America. Since the Seven-Year War, a quarter of the population of French North American colonies have participated in the war, causing countless casualties. So by the end of 1759, the people in the French colonies basically lost confidence. Many conscripts feel that the new France is powerless and will die if they continue to fight. So they laid down their weapons and went home, waiting for the British to take over after the winter.

Li Wei and several French soldiers persisted in isolation until September 1960. Soon, Montreal was surrounded by British troops, and Levi was forced to surrender. The last governor of new France sent a letter to Geoffrey, commander-in-chief of the British army. General amherst submitted an armistice agreement, and both sides signed the Montreal surrender clause. The seven-year war between Britain and France basically ended the century-long struggle between the two sides in North America.

However, the battles between the British and French empires in Central America, India and the Philippines, West Africa and other battlefields continued. Britain basically crushed France and its allies with overwhelming advantages.

Until 1763, the seven-year war between the British and French empires in the world ended in the complete victory of Britain. The two sides signed the Paris Treaty 1763. The treaty confirmed that the Montreal surrender clause was a condition for a total armistice between Britain and France. Britain is completely

Under these two treaties, Britain took over the new France in an all-round way, and France withdrew from the North American continent. Canadian residents become subjects of the king of England. The imperial dream of new France was shattered.

This ending is actually a historical necessity. Since the completion of the Reformation, Britain has developed rapidly like an energy bar. 16-18th century, Spain, the Netherlands, France and other established powers were killed one after another, becoming veritable maritime overlords. The enclosure movement and the industrial revolution made the cause of the British Empire advance by leaps and bounds.

By the middle of18th century, the struggle between Britain and France in North America had ended, but France was still an agricultural country. The two countries are simply not in a circle of friends. I'm sorry, but France will have to accept its fate when the emerging empire that never falls is shattered.

In fact, the main French people themselves failed to live up to expectations, and their imperial dream bubbles were basically made by themselves. After nearly a hundred years of fighting, I have never been an Englishman, and my strength is not good, and my strategy of fighting is not so good. The key governor is still in conflict with the commander, always fighting within himself, even if you don't give up.

There are few governors in North America who are neither corrupt nor corrupt, especially in the late New France. It is said that Governor Fran? ois Bigo used the opportunity of applying to Britain for military expenses to try his best to get money from his own pocket. In less than 12 years, the debt of the French royal family increased 60 times. Some historians have made special statistics and comparisons, and the amount of corruption in Bigo was considered as great greed in the 20th century.

Bigo is not a special case. Making money is a "common problem" of French royal aristocrats and colonial aristocrats. As the saying goes, the war ahead is tight, and the moth officer is tight in the rear. Even if the French government has a hundred hearts to win, it is difficult.

In a word, the struggle between the two European empires ended under the great disparity in economic, military and comprehensive national strength.

After 1763, Canada entered the colonial era of British North America. After Britain took over Canada, it did not expel French immigrants from the North American continent as before, but chose to respect their beliefs and customs, avoid intensifying unnecessary conflicts between races and beliefs, and ensure the security and stability of the newly taken over areas.

Consequence: the fall of new France

1763, the Seven-Year War ended, Britain won, Britain and France signed the Paris Peace Treaty, and New France was taken over by Britain.

Conclusion: The Seven Years' War was the last contest between the British and French empires. Britain defeated France with absolute superiority, which not only established its maritime hegemony, but also became an empire with colonies all over the world.