During an offshoot of this conflict, a series of small mountain shelters called the Casuchas del Rey were constructed to improve communication for a state that dispatched expeditions led by Pedro Antonio de Cevallos to capture Colonia del Sacramento. The Fantastic War was fought during this conflict, whose conclusion set up a standoff between Nicholas Bourke and William Lyttelton over which government should foot defense costs. Admiral John Byng was executed after a disastrous defense at this war’s Battle of Minorca. During this war, Samuel Cornish and William Draper demanded a four-million-dollar ransom to stop plundering a city made famous by its namesake galleon trade. During this global war, Britain captured the Spanish cities of Havana and Manila. For 10 points, name this war ended by the 1763 Treaty of Paris. ■END■
ANSWER: Seven Years’ War [accept Fantastic War or Guerra Fantástica until “Fantastic” is read; prompt on French and Indian War or Anglo-Spanish War or Guerra Anglo-Española by asking what overall conflict was it part of?”]
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