Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
October 18, 1748
The War of the Austrian Succession ended with almost all conquests returned. Prussia kept Silesia. Britain gave back Louisbourg to the fury of New Englanders. Maria Theresa swore revenge. The peace, said everyone, would not last. It did not; seven years later the whole continent would be at war again.
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