1- Great Britain wins the French and Indian War (1763)
It is known as the French and Indian War (1754-1763) the part of the Seven Years War developed in North America. The name refers to the two main enemies that the British faced: French and different tribes of Native Americans. It is also known as the War of the Conquest in Canada. This was the fourth colonial conflict between France and Great Britain. Â
2- France loses its lands in North America (1763)
The peace after the French and Indian War was reached with the Treaty of Paris and meant the loss of all French continental possessions since it had to cede Louisiana to Spain in compensation for the loss of Florida in the hands of the British.
3- The United States and Spain sign Pinckney's Treaty (1795)
The Pinckney's Treaty was signed by Spain and the United States to define the borders between the United States and the Spanish colonies in North America and regulate navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
The agreement was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 by Manuel de Godoy on behalf of Charles IV of Spain and Thomas Pinckney on behalf of the United States; It would be ratified by US President George Washington on March 7, 1796 in Philadelphia, and by the King of Spain in Aranjuez on April 25 of the same year.
4- Spain returns Louisiana to the French (1800)
The French defeat in the Seven Years' War ended with the Treaty of Paris that forced France to cede the eastern part of the Louisiana territory to the English, and the western part to Spain as compensation for the loss of Florida, forming the extensive Spanish Louisiana.
Napoleonic France regained the sovereignty of Western Louisiana territory in the Secret Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800. However, Napoleon Bonaparte decided to sell the territory to the United States in 1803, ending the presence of France in Louisiana.
