Although Britain’s concessions at the 1783 Peace of Versaill
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- The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers whole source · open book
Although Britain’s concessions at the 1783 Peace of Versailles (Minorca, Florida, Tobago) were hardly a reversal of the great imperial gains of 1763, the French could proclaim themselves well satisfied at the creation of an independent United States and at the blow dealt to Britain’s world position. From Paris’s perspective, the strategical balance which had been upset by the Seven Years War had now been sensibly restored, albeit at enormous cost.
chapter: The Winning of Wars, 1763–1815