The World Catches Fire
from The Dave Bowman Show
It began with a piece of parchment and a declaration. On May 17, 1756, the Kingdom of Great Britain formally declared war on the Kingdom of France. For anyone watching the slow-burning tensions of the past decade, it was hardly a surprise. But the significance of that declaration cannot be overstated. In that moment, what had been a series of regional conflicts transformed into a single, globe-spanning firestorm: the Seven Years’ War.
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