Preferring to keep Guadaloupe, France gave up Canada to Britain
and all claims to territory east of the Mississippi. Spain ceded
Florida to the British but gained New Orleans and Louisiana from
France, and Cuba and the Philippines were restored to Spain.
France retained Saint Pierre and Miquelon and recovered
Guadeloupe and Martinique in exchange for Grenada and the
Grenadines going to the British. In India the French lost out to
the British as well. It is sometimes claimed that the British
King George III renounced his claim to be King of France by the
treaty. However, this a historical myth, and it is also falsely
attributed to some of the treaties of the French Revolutionary
Wars. Such a renunciation is nowhere in the text of the treaty,
and in fact George III continued to be styled "King of France"
and used the fleurs-de-lis as part of his arms until 1801 when
Britian and Ireland united. It was dropped then because it was
simply regarded as anachronistic, not because of French
pressure. See also: Treaty o