1756 - 1763
Yakin Shekara Bakwai
Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai (1756–1763) rikici ne na duniya tsakanin Burtaniya da Faransa don fifikon duniya.Biritaniya, Faransa daSpain sun yi yaƙi a Turai da ƙasashen waje tare da rundunonin ƙasa da sojojin ruwa, yayin da Prussia ta nemi faɗaɗa yanki a Turai da ƙarfafa ikonta.An dade ana gwabza fada tsakanin ‘yan mulkin mallaka da suka hada Birtaniya da Faransa da Spain a Arewacin Amurka da kuma Indiyan Yamma a kan gagarumin sikeli tare da sakamako mai ma’ana.A Turai, rikicin ya taso ne daga batutuwan da yaƙin Yaƙin Ostiriya ya warware bai warware ba (1740-1748).Prussia ya nemi babban tasiri a cikin jihohin Jamus, yayin da Ostiriya ta so ta sake dawowa Silesia, wanda Prussia ta kama a yakin da ya gabata, kuma ya ƙunshi tasirin Prussian.A cikin daidaitawar ƙawancen gargajiya, wanda aka sani da juyin juya halin diflomasiyya na 1756, Prussia ta zama wani ɓangare na haɗin gwiwar da Birtaniyya ke jagoranta, wanda kuma ya haɗa da ɗan takarar Prussian Hanover, a lokacin cikin haɗin kai tare da Burtaniya.A lokaci guda, Ostiriya ta kawo karshen rikice-rikice na shekaru aru-aru tsakanin iyalan Bourbon da Habsburg ta hanyar kawance da Faransa, tare da Saxony, Sweden da Rasha .Kasar Spain ta hada kai da Faransa a shekara ta 1762. Kasar Spain ta yi yunkurin mamaye kasar Portugal da ke kawance da Biritaniya ba tare da samun nasara ba, inda ta kai farmaki tare da dakarunta suna fuskantar sojojin Birtaniya a Iberia.Ƙananan jihohin Jamus ko dai sun shiga yakin shekaru bakwai ko kuma sun ba da sojojin haya ga bangarorin da ke cikin rikici.Rikicin Anglo-Faransa akan yankunansu a Arewacin Amurka ya fara ne a cikin 1754 a cikin abin da ya zama sananne a Amurka a matsayin Yaƙin Faransanci da Indiya (1754-63), wanda ya zama gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai, kuma ya kawo ƙarshen kasancewar Faransa. ikon kasa a wannan nahiya.Shi ne "mafi mahimmanci al'amari da ya faru a Arewacin Amirka na ƙarni na sha takwas" kafin juyin juya halin Amurka .Spain ta shiga yakin a 1761, ta shiga Faransa a cikin Yarjejeniyar Iyali ta Uku tsakanin sarakunan Bourbon guda biyu.Haɗin kai tare da Faransa ya kasance bala'i ga Spain, tare da asarar Birtaniyya na manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa guda biyu, Havana a yammacin Indies da Manila a Philippines, sun dawo a cikin 1763 yarjejeniyar Paris tsakanin Faransa, Spain da Burtaniya.A Turai, babban rikicin da ya jawo mafi yawan kasashen Turai ya ta'allaka ne akan sha'awar Ostiriya (tsawon tsakiyar siyasa na Daular Roman mai tsarki na al'ummar Jamus) don dawo da Silesia daga Prussia.Yarjejeniyar Hubertusburg ta kawo karshen yakin da aka yi tsakanin Saxony, Ostiriya da Prussia, a shekara ta 1763. Biritaniya ta fara hawanta a matsayin kasar da ta fi karfin mulkin mallaka da na ruwa a duniya.An dakatar da martabar Faransa a Turai har sai bayan juyin juya halin Faransa da bullar Napoleon Bonaparte .Prussia ya tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin babban iko, yana ƙalubalantar Austria don rinjaye a cikin jihohin Jamus, don haka ya canza ma'auni na iko na Turai.