What is Seven Years' War?
[[File:Benjamin West 005.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Death of General Wolfe at the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]]]] The '''Seven Years' War''' lasted from 1756 to 1763 and involved most of the [[great power|great powers]] in [[Europe]]. At first, the war was made up of two [[conflict]]s.<ref name=sevenHIST>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/seven-years-war |title=Seven Years' War |author= |website=History |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |accessdate=January 12, 2017}}</ref> The first one was mainly between [[Britain]] and [[France]],<ref name=sevenHIST/> and the other was between [[Prussia]] and its [[enemies]]: France, [[Austria]], [[Russia]], and [[Sweden]].<ref name=sevenHIST/> An important cause of the war was the [[War of the Austrian Succession]].<ref name=BrackemyreUSHS>{{cite web |url=http://ushistoryscene.com/article/am-rev-european-ordeal/ |title=The American Revolution; A Very European Ordeal |author=Ted Brackemyre |website= |publisher=U.S. History Scene |accessdate=January 12, 2017}}</ref> The war was known by different names in different places. In the [[United States]], it is known as the [[French and Indian War]].<ref name=GascoigneHW>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa66 |title=Seven Years' War |author=Bamber Gascoigne |website= |publisher=HistoryWorld |accessdate=January 12, 2017}}</ref> In [[French Canadian|French Canada]], it is known as the War Of Conquest.<ref name=RalphNHM>{{cite web |url=http://newhistories.group.shef.ac.uk/wordpress/wordpress/years-war-world-war-1754/ |title=The Seven Years War: the First World War In 1754 |author=Sam Ralph; Megan Wright |website= |publisher=New Histories |accessdate=January 12, 2017 |archive-date=October 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028073138/http://newhistories.group.shef.ac.uk/wordpress/wordpress/years-war-world-war-1754/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In both Sweden and Prussia, it was known as the [[Pomeranian War]] because they were fighting over [[Pomerania]]