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[[Image:GW1755.jpg|thumb|250px|Colonel [[George Washington]] of the Virginia militia]]
 
[[Image:GW1755.jpg|thumb|250px|Colonel [[George Washington]] of the Virginia militia]]
 
==Name==
 
==Name==
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The war is called the ''French and Indian War'' because the British army and the American colonials fought against the French army and its Indian allies.  A few Indians fought on the British side.
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The war is called the ''French and Indian War'' because the British army and the American colonials fought against the French army and its Indian allies.  A few Indians fought on the British side.  French Canadians call it the "War of the Conquest."  Europeans call it the "Seven Years War" because it lasted 1756-1763.  Most of the war was fought in Europe.
    
==British Empire==
 
==British Empire==
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