The French and Indian War was

a. Fought between French colonists and Native Americans over French claims to native lands in North America
b. A conflict in which British and French forces fought side by side to drive Native Americans off their land
c. A war fought by the colonists of British North America against French troops and local natives in an attempt to claim northern lands in what is now Canada
d. A war fought by the colonists of British North America against French troops and local natives in an attempt to claim lands west of the Appalachian mountains
e. A war in which local natives fought colonization efforts by both British and French settlers

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d. A war fought by the colonists of British North America against French troops and local natives in an attempt to claim lands west of the Appalachian mountains

The French and Indian War led to the Proclamation Act and the Stamp Act, and then things really got ugly in Boston with all the massacring and tea dumping, and next thing you know the American colonists were fighting for independence from Great Britain. So, in a way, America owes its independence to Daniel Day-Lewis!

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If you’re writing an essay about the French and Indian War, do NOT mention Daniel Day-Lewis