The French and Indian War, the North American phase of the larger Seven Years' War, began after a series of incidents in the upper Ohio River Valley. Both the French and British governments have claimed this. The French and Indian War was actually the fourth of the French and Indian Wars between Britain and France, which were a series of conflicts in North America and related to European dynastic wars. . The other French and Indian Wars were King William's War 1688-1697, Queen's War. The French and Indian War saw two European imperialists clash over territory and marked the debut of the soldier who would become the first p. Algonquin and Shawnee. The Algonquin linguistic and cultural group fought three Indian tribes: the Algonquin, the Abenaki and the Shawnee. The Abenaki tribe lived in New England, Quebec and the Maritimes. They allied themselves with France as they migrated north to Acadia, New France, due to British colonization. The name is confusing, isn't it? It looks like the French and the Indians were fighting. But the French and Indian War was the North American theater of engagement between two imperial powers, Great Britain and France, fighting for world domination. In this regard, some students of history, including the former British Prime Minister,