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The French and Indian War (1754–1763) ... In the spring of 1753, Paul Marin de la Malgue was given command of a 2,000-man force of Troupes de la Marine and Indians ...
The Battle of Fort Necessity, also known as the Battle of the Great Meadows, took place on July 3, 1754, in present-day Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.The engagement, along with a May 28 skirmish known as the Battle of Jumonville Glen, was the first military combat experience for George Washington, who was later selected as commander of the Continental Army during the American ...
Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America 1754–1763. New York: Walker & Company. ISBN 978-0-8027-7737-9. OCLC 263672663. Jennings, Francis (1988). Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America. New York: Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-02537-8. OCLC 16406414. Lengel, Edward (2005).
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille des Plaines d'Abraham, Première bataille de Québec), was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War (referred to as the French and Indian War to describe the North American theatre).
Johnson commanded Iroquois and colonial militia forces against the French and their allies during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). His role in the British victory at the Battle of Lake George in 1755 earned him a baronetcy of New York. His capture of Fort Niagara from the French in 1759 brought him additional renown.
2 February – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838) [2] 15 January Jacques Pierre Brissot, French politician (d. 1795) 17 February – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) 17 March – Madame Roland (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. 1793) 9 August – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825)
The title French and Indian War in the singular is used in the United States specifically for the warfare of 1754–1763, 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.
1754–63 - French and Indian War (the colonial phase of Europe's Seven Years' War) Anthony Henday travels west from Hudson Bay onto Plains, meets natives on horseback and sees Rocky Mountains. French and Indian War begins in North America; it becomes the Seven Years' War when fighting spreads to Europe (1756).