History GCSE
Territorial expansion and empire
What Territorial expansion and empire means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Territorial expansion and empire
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Under the 1763 Treaty of Paris Britain gained Canada and lands east of the Mississippi from France, plus Florida from Spain, while returning some Caribbean islands.
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