Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai, 'yan Burtaniya sun mamaye garin na ɗan gajeren lokaci bayan
An kai wa Cherbourg hari a shekara ta 1758. 'Yan Birtaniya sun lalata gine-ginen soja da ɗakunan ajiya kafin su tafi. Tare da ci gaban sabon tafkin kasuwanci a cikin 1769, Cherbourg - tashar jiragen ruwa na kasuwanci na dogon lokaci, birni ba tare da jami'a ko ayyukan al'adu ba, ana yin fashi akai-akai, kuma yana da raunin dangantaka da Paris - ya sami nauyi a cikin Cotentin wanda ya fassara, a gab da juyin juya halin Faransa, ta hanyar ƙirƙirar hanyoyin sadarwar zamantakewa ta hanyar masu matsakaitan matsakaitan da suka haɗu a cikin ƙungiyoyi - kamar su a cikin 1755 da kuma lodge "Faithful mason". Yawan jama'a ya karu daga 800 feus (mazauna 4,000) a Cherbourg da 95 a Octeville, a kusa da 1715, zuwa mutane 7,300 a Cherbourg da 1778.