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Terms of the Peace of Paris
The Peace of Paris was signed in 1763 by Grenville's
government although the terms were the work of the ministry of the Earl
of Bute. The terms were as follows:
Britain gained from France
- the entire province of Canada
- all Louisiana east of the Mississippi river
- Cape Breton
- all the islands in the St Lawrence
- Tobago, Dominica, St Vincent and the Grenadines (all in the West Indies)
- Senegal on the African coast
- Minorca
Britain gained from Spain
- Florida
- the logwood forests of Honduras
- Spain also had to restore to Portugal all conquests made during the war
France gained or regained
- fishing rights in the St Lawrence with the islands of St Pierre and Miquelon
as bases
- Guadaloupe, Martinique, Marie Galante, Desirade and St Lucia (in the West
Indies)
- Gorée (on the coast of Africa)
- all the "factories" - trading stations - in India on condition that France
admitted the supremacy of the British East India Company. France could not
fortify any point in Bengal and had to recognise the British- supported rulers
in the Carnatic and Deccan
- Belle Isle (in exchange for Minorca)
- France had to demilitarise Dunkirk
NB Britain's territory is shown in deep purple on the map.
Possible lines of attack on the Peace of Paris
- it was a bad bargain to take Canada from and
return Guadaloupe to France. Canada was not so important to Britain's trade
as the West Indies
- the removal of the French administration in Canada might precipitate a revolt
in the American colonies. It was only the threat of attach by the French from
the north, south and west that had kept them loyal thus far
- France gained more from her sugar plantations than from the fur trade. Returning
Guadaloupe helped the French economy
- Prussia had been antagonised without the compensation of a resumption of
friendly relations with Austria
- France and Spain would continue to be hostile to Britain
- a lack of allies in Europe for Britain could be dangerous
However, peace was becoming a financial necessity because of the size of the
National Debt in Britain.
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