French and Indian War Essay Examples

1754–1763

North America

Cherokee, France, United Kingdom

Treaty of Paris, Battle of Quebec, Battle of Jumonville Glen, Battle of Minorca, Battle of Fort Necessity

The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire.

The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.