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What was the significant result of the War of the Bar Confederation?

  • Polish victory

  • Peace Treaty of Warsaw

  • First Partition of Poland

  • Independence of Lithuania

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The significant result of the War of the Bar Confederation was the First Partition of Poland, in which the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Monarchy agreed to divide up and annex large swaths of Polish territory. This marked the first time that Poland had been partitioned, and it set the stage for the eventual collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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