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

Britain eventually prevailed in the French and Indian War, but Washington took a sour view of his service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

As an investor, he aggressively acquired land there, even before the French and Indian War concluded in 1763.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2022

Four years after the end of the French and Indian War, the Empire continued to search for solutions to its debt problem and the growing sense that the colonies needed to be brought under control.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

When the French and Indian War ended, the French left the region, ceding to the British all the land they had claimed east of the Mississippi River.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz