The Players in the French and Indian War . Three major groups fought over North America during the French and Indian War: Great Britain, France, and the American Indians.

Despite the name "French and Indian War," not all Native Americans fought for the French. Some Indian tribes, such as the Iroquois Confederacy, and the Catawba, fought for the British.

This week (Feb. 10) in 1763, France and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, thereby ending the French and Indian War (sometimes called the Seven Years War). At first ...

Map of the British dominions in North America according to the Treaty of Paris in 1763 at the conclusion of the Seven Years War, 1772. Map by geographer Peter Bell. / Getty Images ...

Then in 1762, during the French and Indian War (A minor sideshow to the Seven Years War in Europe), France ceded the Louisiana Territory to Spain in the secret Treaty of Fontainbleau.

During the French and Indian War, South Carolina's colonial government built a fort in present-day Monroe County called Fort Loudoun. The fort, in the heart of Cherokee territory, ...

Military life for George Washington began in 1753 when he was commissioned in the Virginia Militia and fought in the French and Indian war. By Andrew Glass 05/28/2010 04:25 AM EDT ...

UNIONTOWN, Pa. – In the winter of 1753-54 the future first president of the United States, 21-year-old George Washington, had a mission. As a young lieutenant and acting British emissary ...