French and Indian War
Noun
Meaning
a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760
Source: WordNetExamples
Amherst was a hero of the French and Indian War who, according to popular legend, singlehandedly won Canada for the British and banished France from North America.
During the French and Indian War (1754–63), the British completed their displacement of the Acadians over all of present-day New Brunswick.
In 1780, their settlement played a pivotal role in the French and Indian war, when the Acadian and Mi’kmaq armies took refuge there after retreating from the British ships upstream.
Historians generally consider the Battle of Jumonville Glen as the opening battle of the French and Indian War in North America, and the start of hostilities in the Ohio valley.
Indeed, the French and British were fighting without a declaration of war in a conflict known as the French and Indian War of 1754-1763.
He apprenticed with an apothecary and was a member of the militia during the French and Indian War (1754-1763).