"Using trading posts and forts, both the British and the French claimed the vast territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, known as the Ohio Country. (English claims resulted from royal grants which had no definite western boundaries. The French laid claim because of La Salle's claim for France of the Mississippi River, which drainage area includes the Ohio River.)"
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Otherwise they just fought over the land
French and Indian War.
The Seven Years War
larger conflict kwnon as The seven years war.
The British called the war The French and Indian War because that's who they were fighting against (The French and their Indian allies).The French called it the Seven Years' war because it was originally supposed to last seven years, but it continued on to be nine.The difference is the French & Indian war was between Britain & France in the US and the Seven Years War was a separate conflict fought in Germany and central Europe between Prussia and a coalition headed by Austria, France, and Russia.The link being France. And France loses in both battles.Read more: seven-years-war
The Seven Years' War
French and Indian War.
The Seven Years War
French and Indian War and the American Revolution
In North America, the war that promptly followed the French and Indian War was Pontiac's Rebellion, although it is little remembered today. The American War of Independence is the more well known military conflict that came after the French and Indian War.
larger conflict kwnon as The seven years war.
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
The French and Indian War
The Seven Years' War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain, and Spain.
The French and Indian War (1754-1763).
The British called the war The French and Indian War because that's who they were fighting against (The French and their Indian allies).The French called it the Seven Years' war because it was originally supposed to last seven years, but it continued on to be nine.The difference is the French & Indian war was between Britain & France in the US and the Seven Years War was a separate conflict fought in Germany and central Europe between Prussia and a coalition headed by Austria, France, and Russia.The link being France. And France loses in both battles.Read more: seven-years-war
The Seven Years' War
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