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  2. Treaty of Paris (1763) - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763, ended the Seven Years' War (known as the French and Indian War in the US) between Britain, France and Spain. It gave Britain most of France's North American colonies, but also ceded Florida to Spain and recognized Catholicism in the New World.

  3. Paris Agreement - Wikipedia

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    The Paris Agreement is a 2016 treaty that aims to limit global warming to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 °C. It covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance, and was negotiated by 196 parties at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference.

  4. Royal Proclamation of 1763 - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was a British colonial policy that established new governments and defined the western boundary of the colonies after the Seven Years' War. It also regulated colonial expansion and land purchases from Native Americans, and became a source of conflict and discontent in the American Revolution.

  5. Treaty 7 - Wikipedia

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    Treaty 7 is one of eleven Numbered Treaties signed between Canada and several Indigenous nations in the southern part of Alberta in 1877. It established a reserve land, annual payments, and hunting rights for the tribes, and ceded their traditional territory to the Crown.

  6. Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) - Wikipedia

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    A secret agreement between France and Spain that ceded Louisiana to Spain after the French and Indian War. The treaty was revealed in 1764 and led to the Louisiana Rebellion and the Spanish consolidation in North America.

  7. Peace of Paris (1783) - Wikipedia

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    The Peace of Paris (1783) was the treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States. It was one of the four treaties signed in 1783, along with the Treaties of Versailles with France and Spain, and the Treaty of London with the Dutch.

  8. Seven Years' War - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. Russia allied with Britain and Prussia against France, Austria, and Spain in 1762, after the French and Indian War in North America.

  9. Kyoto Protocol - Wikipedia

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    Kyoto International Conference Center. The Kyoto Protocol (Japanese: 京都議定書, Hepburn: Kyōto Giteisho) was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO 2 emissions are ...