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What was the French and Indian War?

The French and Indian War (1754–63) was a conflict between France and Great Britain that resulted in Britain taking over all French lands in North America. It was also the last war fought between European powers in North America before the American Revolution (1775–83; a conflict in which the American colonies gained independence from Great Britain). During the French and Indian War, American colonists fought with the British army against the French.

The French and Indian War came at the end of a series of armed confrontations between the British and the French in North America called the French and Indian wars (1689–1763). (France had Native American allies, so the term "Indian" was used in the name of the conflicts.) Both Britain and France had been steadily expanding their territories into the Ohio River Valley with the goal of controlling the lucrative fur trade in the...

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