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French and Indian War
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This article is about the conflict from 1754 to 1758.
| French and Indian War |
| Part of the Seven Years’ War |
The war theater |
| Date |
1754–1763 |
| Location |
North America
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| Result |
British victory
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Territorial
changes |
France cedes New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain, retaining Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and transfers Louisiana to Spain |
Belligerents
 Great Britain
Iroquois Confederacy
Wyandot of Ohio Country
Catawba
Cherokee (before 1758)
Mingo (briefly)
 Kingdom of France New France- Wabanaki Confederacy
Algonquin
Lenape
Ojibwa
Ottawa
Shawnee
Wyandot of Fort Detroit
Commanders and leaders
Strength
42,000 regulars and militia (peak strength, 1758)[1]
10,000 regulars (troupes de la terre and troupes de la marine, peak strength, 1757)[2]
Casualties and losses
- 1,512 killed in action
- 1,500 died of wounds
- 10,400 died of disease[3]
Unknown
The French and Indian War (1754–1758) pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million in the British colonies.[4] The outnumbered French particularly depended on the Indians.
The European nations declared a wider war upon one another overseas in 1756, two years into the French and Indian war, and some view the French and Indian War as being merely the American theater of the worldwide Seven Years’ War of 1756–63; however, the French and Indian War is viewed in the United States as a singular conflict which was not associated with any European war.[5] French Canadians call it Guerre de la Conquête (“War of the Conquest”)[6][7] The French and Indian War ended in 1758 with the British American victory in the Ohio Country, although conflict continued in Canada and overseas between Great Britain and France which did not involve American forces. Citation by Web Design Wexford read more
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