French and Indian War

American  

noun

1. the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60: ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763.

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French and Indian War British  

noun

1. the war (1755–60) between the French and British, each aided by different Indian tribes, that formed part of the North American Seven Years' War

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French and Indian War Cultural  

1. A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. The French and Indian War was the American phase of the Seven Years' War, which was then underway in Europe. In a battle between British and French forces near Quebec City in Canada, the British gained control of all of Canada.

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At the start of the war, several thousand French-speaking residents of Acadia (Nova Scotia and adjacent areas) who refused to swear allegiance to Britain were exiled. Many eventually made their way to southern Louisiana, where they developed the distinctive language and culture known as Cajun.

Example Sentences

During the French and Indian War, he had botched one mission, witnessed a bloody massacre of British troops, and then been sidelined as the conflict moved away from Virginia.

From Literature

"Cajuns" and Cajun food came well after Britain won the French and Indian War in 1763.

From Salon

Men in 18th-century outfits — buckled shoes, fancy hats, rifles — greeted us as we entered the low stone walls of Fort Frederick, built in 1756 to protect Maryland’s frontier during the French and Indian War.

From Washington Post

He was entrusted with commands by the British army during the French and Indian War when he was just 22 years old.

From Washington Times

Surviving smallpox, he became a death-defying leader of ungovernable Virginia troops during the French and Indian War, annoyed in being denied a British army commission.

From Washington Post