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The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million ...
The title French and Indian War in the singular is used in the United States specifically for the warfare of 1754–63, which composed the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War and the aftermath of which led to the American Revolution. The French and Indian Wars were preceded by the Beaver Wars . In Quebec, the various wars are ...
The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a British assault on the French -controlled Fort Duquesne (later the site of Pittsburgh) that was repulsed with heavy losses on 14 September 1758, during the French and Indian War . The attack on the fort was part of a large-scale British expedition with 6,000 troops led by General John Forbes to drive the French ...
The Franco-Indigenous Alliance was an alliance between North American indigenous nations and the French, centered on the Great Lakes and the Illinois country during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). [ 1] The alliance involved French settlers on the one side, and indigenous peoples such as the Abenaki, Odawa, Menominee, Winnebago ...
George Washington 's military experience began in the French and Indian War with a commission as a major in the militia of the British Province of Virginia. In 1753 Washington was sent as an ambassador from the British crown to the French officials and Indians as far north as present-day Erie, Pennsylvania.
The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the opening battle of the French and Indian War, [ 5] fought on May 28, 1754, near present-day Hopwood and Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. A company of provincial troops from Virginia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, and a small number ...
Braddock Expedition. The Braddock Expedition, also known as Braddock's Campaign or Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755 during the French and Indian War. The expedition, named after its commander General Edward Braddock, was defeated at the Battle of the ...
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the French and Indian War (the North American theater of the Seven Years' War) (1754–1763). Please see the category guidelines for more information. For the European theater, see: Category:Battles of the Seven Years' War. This was the last of a series of conflicts referred to as the ...