<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> French and Indian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Seven Years' War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The war theater </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1754--1763 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> North America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> British victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Treaty of Paris </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> France cedes New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain, retaining Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and transfers Louisiana to Spain </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Great Britain </P> <Ul> <Li> British America </Li> </Ul> <P> Iroquois Confederacy </P> Catawba Cherokee (before 1758) </Td> <Td> <P> France </P> <Ul> <Li> New France </Li> </Ul> <P> Wabanaki Confederacy </P> <Ul> <Li> Abenaki </Li> <Li> Mi'kmaq militia </Li> </Ul> Algonquin Lenape Ojibwa Ottawa Shawnee Wyandot </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jeffery Amherst Edward Braddock † James Wolfe † Earl of Loudoun James Abercrombie Edward Boscawen George Washington John Forbes George Monro </Td> <Td> Louis - Joseph de Montcalm † Marquis de Vaudreuil Baron Dieskau (POW) François - Marie de Lignery † Chevalier de Lévis (POW) Joseph de Jumonville † Marquis Duquesne Daniel Lienard de Beaujeu † </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42,000 regulars and militia (peak strength, 1758) </Td> <Td> 10,000 regulars (troupes de la terre and troupes de la marine, peak strength, 1757) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1,512 killed in action 1,500 died of wounds 10,400 died of disease </Td> <Td>? </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> French and Indian War </Th> </Tr>

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