Battle for a Continent: The French and Indian War 1754-1763

by Harrison Bird

It was an unimpressive beginning for such an important war. A small band of Virginians, led by a young lieutenant colonel named George Washington, fought a party of French and their Indian allies at a place called the Great Meadows on the Western slope of the Alleghenies. This was the summer of 1754; nine years later, when the ensuing struggle was concluded by the Peace of Paris, the French had lost all their possessions on the North American continent and those vast lands were safe for English law, language and customs.

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First published January 1, 1965