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The French and Indian War is guide Number 1 of the 24 SparkNotes guides for studying American History
. It focuses on key events occurring in North American during the war years of 1754–1763. This study guide is followed by our guide for Pre-Revolutionary America.The French and Indian War was a colonial extension of the Seven Years’ War between Britain, France, and other European powers. It was the bloodiest American war in the 18th century, taking more lives than the American Revolution. The French and Indian War was the product of an imperial struggle between the British and French, their colonists, and Native American tribes allied with main belligerents over colonial territory and wealth.
Read features in the SparkNotes guide to The French and Indian War including Context for the war and events leading to it and a description of George Washington’s role in the British defeat at Fort Necessity.
