The French and Indian War

The French and Indian War also knownn as the Seven Year War ,was one of the battles between the French and the British. The war started in europe and it spread to America. The British wanted the land and the profitable fur trade held by the French. The French refused to give up their territory and their trade so they begun to fight. Meanwhile the Indians joined the British to fight against the French, because they thought that the British were powerful and that they could easily take their land. So the Indians allied with the British. At first the French were defeating the British easily but this changed. In 1756 William Pitt became the British secretary of state and he applied more resources and money to the war, now Britain had complete control of the situation. In 1759 the Britsh seized Quebec and in the next year MOntreal and this completed the conquering of the Canadian territory.The war was ended officially in February 10, 1763, when the French signed The Treaty of Paris. France gave all of its holdings in North America, but they got back the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.