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French and Indian War

Noun

Meaning

a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760

Source: WordNet

Examples

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. Source: Internet

During the French and Indian War (1754–63), the British completed their displacement of the Acadians over all of present-day New Brunswick. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

He apprenticed with an apothecary and was a member of the militia during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Source: Internet

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