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The Seven Years’ War: everything you wanted to know

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The Effects of the War on Civilian Life

War disrupted commerce pushes up food prices for example food imported from the Baltic to help feed the population. War is Britain from 78 at war also with France in turn is held up as much less successful and as it were one war helps to overshadow the next William Pitt the elder a little bit more because he's the subject of my next question which was submitted by Louis P. York. Did the conflict broadly receive popular support in its initial stages? The majority of the war rises dramatically despite its cost and despite the continued economic disruption so yes the war becomes a popular war.

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