(the) French and Indian War
- (the) French and Indian War
-
the part of the
Seven Years' War that was fought in America
(1754–63
). After a series of battles, the British forces defeated the French and Indians ( ↑Native Americans), and the Treaty of Paris
(1763
) gave Britain all of Canada and much of the ↑
Louisiana region, which reached nearly to Canada. George ↑
Washington was one of the British military leaders, and this war gave Americans the experience they needed to fight the ↑
American Revolution.
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