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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 ...
Fort Ligonier. / 40.24083°N 79.23778°W / 40.24083; -79.23778. Fort Ligonier is a British fortification from the French and Indian War located in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States. The fort served as a staging area for the Forbes Expedition of 1758. During the eight years of its existence as a garrison, Fort Ligonier was never ...
The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in 1758 that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led to the subsequent British campaign to capture Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year. [ 4]
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 ...
12 killed. 18 wounded. 31 missing [ 4] The Battle of Fort Ligonier (also known as the Battle of Loyalhanna or the Battle of Loyal Hannon) was a battle of the French and Indian War. On 12 October 1758, French and Indian forces directed from nearby Fort Duquesne were repulsed in an attack on the British outpost of Fort Ligonier, then still under ...
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 ...
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 ...