Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Template: Campaignbox French and Indian War. 13 languages. Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:France campaignbox templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page.
Two years into the war, in 1756, Great Britain declared war on France, beginning the worldwide Seven Years' War. Many view the French and Indian War as being merely the American theater of this conflict; however, in the United States the French and Indian War is viewed as a singular conflict which was not associated with any European war. [7]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Pages for logged out editors learn more
They returned almost none of the French territory seized during the war. France was forced to cede its extensive territory in present-day Canada and Louisiane. The British victory in the French and Indian Wars reduced France's New World empire to St. Pierre and Miquelon (two islands off Newfoundland), a few West Indian islands, and French Guiana.
To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War | state = collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar. {{Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War | state = expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.
Governor Frontenac danced and sang war songs at an Indian council, while Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu fought bare-chested and covered with war paints at the battle against Braddock. Natives also adopted French habits, like chief Kondiaronk who wanted to be buried in his uniform of captain or Kateri Tekakwitha who became a Catholic Saint.