 british colonial period 17631780  british colonial period 17631780 osarep fri 4092010 1255 the treaty of paris often called the peace of paris or the treaty of 1763 was signed on february 10 1763 by the kingdoms of great britain france and spain with portugal in agreement together with the treaty of hubertusburg it ended the french and indian war or seven years war 1 the treaties marked the beginning of an extensive period of british dominance outside of europe 2 while the bulk of conquered territories were restored to their prewar owners the british made some substantial overseas gains at the expense of france and to a lesser extent spain 3 preferring to keep guadaloupe france gave up new france canada and all of its claims to the territory east of the mississippi river to britain spain ceded florida to the british but later received new orleans and french louisiana from france manila and cuba were restored to spain france retained saint pierre and miquelon and recovered guadelupe martinique and saint lucia in exchange for dominica grenada saint vincent and the grenadines and tobago going to the british in india the french lost out to the british receiving back its factories trading posts but agreeing to support the british client governments as well as returning sumatra and agreeing not to base troops in bengal the british garrison on the mediterranean island of minorca was returned to her control having been captured by the french at the outbreak of hostilities in europe britain returned the slave station on the isle of goree to the french but gained the senegal river and its settlements britain agreed to demolish its fortifications in honduras but received permission from spain to keep a logwoodcutting colony there britain confirmed in the treaty the rights of its new subjects to practice the roman catholic religion 4 and received confirmation of the continuation of the british king s hanoverian right as a princeelector of the holy roman empire 1768  in june 1768 george a gauld 17321782 a scottish cartographer and surveyor in the employ of the british admiralty made a map of coastal mississippi he was operating from hms sir edward hawke during his reconnaissance and charting of the region gauld made many observations about horn island he discovered that it was some sixteen miles in length but in width no more than one mile orientation was nearly eastwest as regards to vegetation gauld noted that there were uneven groves of trees on the west end of the island the middle was characterized by dense growth and the eastern end of the sand bar was fairly devoid of tree growth ware 1982 p107  1776  on july 4 1776 the thirteen american colonies declared their independence from great britain  1779  in june 1779 spain declared war on great britain in september general bernado de galvez 17461786 spanish governor of the louisiana territory captured fort bute at manchac louisiana the english garrison at baton rouge louisiana and accepted the surrender of fort panmure at natchez 327 views  