When the Seven Years’ War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Britain had secured the whole of the Atlantic coast of North America, and had also triumphed in India and the Caribbean.

Its wealth rivalled that of the British State. It had its own army ... of the 18th century over colonial interests, The Seven Years War raged from Europe to North America and across the world ...

Frederick the Great has become a common name but this was only the beginning, as a great monarch cannot know peace for long.