Wars have easy whens, wheres, whos, and whys. 1861 to 1865, the United States, the North versus the South to end slavery and save the Union. Mr. Green, Mr. Green, are you gonna show us the hidden complexities behind something we already think we understand again? Sorry me from the past, but yes. However, to placate you, here are some more explosions. Boom boom boom boom boom boom. The 17th and 18th centuries saw a bunch of top-notch wars, but today we're going to focus on the Seven Years' War, also called the French and Indian Wars, because it was the first truly global war.