The French and Indian War in five phases, 1754 to 1763. A backwoods clash in the Ohio Country escalated into a war for the continent: three years of British disaster, the turn under William Pitt, the conquest of Canada, and a peace whose costs and broken promises lit the fuse to the Revolution. Read straight through as one story, or drop into any phase and follow it down to its battles.
The war as it unfolded, 1754 to 1763.
01The Ohio Spark175402Years of Disaster175503Pitt's Turn175804The Conquest of Canada175905The Peace and Its Fuse1760