Madras exchanged for Louisburg
Results of the war
Effect of Sea Power on the issue


CHAPTER VIII.

SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756-1763. ENGLAND'S OVERWHELMING POWER AND CONQUESTS
ON THE SEAS, IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AND EAST AND WEST INDIES. SEA
BATTLES: BYNG OFF MINORCA; HAWKE AND CONFLANS; POCOCK AND D'ACHE
IN EAST INDIES.

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