Question

What was the Seven Years' War? And the French and Indian War....what was that? Same conflict? And last I checked, the Seven Years' War lasted from 1754-1763 . . . which is nine years. Explain.

Answer 1

• The French and Indian War was fought between the colonies of Great Britain and New France, supported by American Indian allies on both sides.
• The French and Indian War (1754–1763) is the name for the North American theater of the Seven Years’ War.
• The Seven Years’ War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines.
• In some countries, the war is alternatively named after combats in the respective theatres: the French and Indian War (North America, 1754–63), Pomeranian War (Sweden and Prussia, 1757–62) etc.
• The war was primarily fought over contested claims between the British and French over the land of the Ohio Country. The outcome of the war was one of the most significant developments in a century of Anglo-French conflict, with Britain gaining control over Canada and Florida.
• A peace agreement signed in 1763 that ended the Seven Years’ War, or the French and Indian War; also the name for a peace agreement signed in 1783 that ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the United States’ independence.
• Since the conflicts of the first two years were mostly limited to Britain and France ,outside of Europe historians of the day didn’t consider them important enough to include with the European continental conflict which they determined to have begun with the declaration of war in 1756 and ended 6 yrs and 10 months later. Thus the name Seven Years War.
• The two years of conflict that occurred in North America prior to the official declaration of war is included by the former colonies and called the French and Indian War by former British colonies and the War of Conquest by former French.