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 Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle leaves many questions unsettled

 Dupleix pursues his aggressive policy

 He is recalled from India

 His policy abandoned by the French

 Agitation in North America

 Braddock's expedition, 1755

 Seizure of French ships by the English, while at peace

 French expedition against Port Mahon, 1756

 Byng sails to relieve the place

 Byng's action off Port Mahon, 1756

 Characteristics of the French naval policy

 Byng returns to Gibraltar

 He is relieved, tried by court-martial, and shot

 Formal declarations of war by England and France

 England's appreciation of the maritime character of the war

 France is drawn into a continental struggle

 The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) begins

 Pitt becomes Prime Minister of England

 Operations in North America

 Fall of Louisburg, 1758

 Fall of Quebec, 1759, and of Montreal, 1760

 Influence of Sea Power on the continental war

 English plans for the general naval operations

 Choiseul becomes Minister in France

 He plans an invasion of England

 Sailing of the Toulon fleet, 1759

 Its disastrous encounter with Boscawen

 Consequent frustration of the invasion of England

 Project to invade Scotland

 Sailing of the Brest fleet

 Hawke falls in with it and disperses it, 1759

 Accession of Charles III. To Spanish throne

 Death of George II

 Clive in India

 Battle of Plassey, 1757

 Decisive influence of Sea Power upon the issues in India

 Naval actions between Pocock and D'Ache', 1758, 1759

 Destitute condition of French naval stations in India

 The French fleet abandons the struggle

 Final fall of the French power in India

 Ruined condition of the French navy

 Alliance between France and Spain

 England declares war against Spain

 Rapid conquest of French and Spanish colonies

 French and Spaniards invade Portugal

 The invasion repelled by England

 Severe reverses of the Spaniards in all quarters

 Spain sues for peace

 Losses of British mercantile shipping

 Increase of British commerce

 Commanding position of Great Britain

 Relations of England and Portugal

 Terms of the Treaty of Paris

 Opposition to the treaty in Great Britain

 Results of the maritime war

 Results of the continental war

 Influence of Sea Power in countries politically unstable

 Interest of the United States in the Central American Isthmus

 Effects of the Seven Years' War on the later history of Great Britain

 Subsequent acquisitions of Great Britain

 British success due to maritime superiority

 Mutual dependence of seaports and fleets