User:Lord Cornwallis/Spain in the Seven Years War
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Spain was a leading participant in the Seven Years War. Although officially neutral from the beginning of the war in 1756 until 1761, Spain played a leading diplomatic role - and from 1761 until 1763 became an active belligerent allied to France. Spains' entry into the war swiftly proved to be an error, as they lost Havana and Manila to the British while their own major offensive - an Invasion of Portugal - failed. The Peace of Paris in 1763 saw Spain lose Florida and forced to pay the Manila Ransom to Britain in return for control of the Phillipines. In compensation for its losses Spain was handed Louisiana by France.