Composition : 99.99% silver
Mintage: 500

Mapping the legacy of war
250th anniversary of the end of the Seven Years War (1756 ? 1763)

The map of North America is a veritable historybook on the societal evolution of the continent. With place-names that can be traced to a multitude of European and Aboriginal cultures, itreveals the diversity of people who played a role in this epictale that spanned centuries - the French, British, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and First Nation peoples.

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As ships crossed the Atlantic Ocean, they had more than sailors, soldiers and guns on board. They also carried merchants, farmers, fishers, peasant families and adventurous traders all eagerto enjoy the freedom and prosperity the New World offered. Yet, as they toiled to build new lives, they did so against an undercurrent of hostility between their homelands and the constant threat of war.

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After two years, the struggle reached a breaking point when open warfare broke out in the Ohio Valley. Britain officially declared war on France one year later in 1756, and the war that ensued became one of history's. All Rights Reserved greatest wars since the fall of the Roman Empire. The Seven Years War was the world's first global conflict extending far beyond North America to Europe, India and Africa.

In North America, the English colonies along the eastern seaboard, and the French forts extending from the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes and southbeyond the Ohio Valley, determined how the war would be fought as the opponents struggled to control each stronghold. Whenthe conflict ended in 1763, the lives of North America's early citizens changed forever as new boundaries were drawn up. Yet, the foundation was laid for Canada as the world knows it today - the lands that define the nation, as well as the linguistic and cultural diversity of its people.
 

250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR - 2013 CANADIAN COINS is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 18- MILITARY and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.