The Treaty of Paris of 1763 was the treaty that ended the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years’ War. The conditions of the Treaty of Paris were the harshest to France, the side that lost the war. Many concessions were forced upon France as a result of losing the war; however. France had to cede Canada to Britain, Spain acquired the vast Louisiana colony from France, and the entire continent east of the Mississippi River was transferred into the hands of the British. Spain ceded Florida to Britain to get the Philippines and Cuba back. England however did give some of the land back to France. The land included the sugar islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. France also retained two tiny fishing islands off the coast of Newfoundland.
