Is it the colonial mindset that would lead local veterans to call it the French and Indian War, while the British with a more global perspective would have called it the Seven Years War?
I thought the latter is the official term, and the former is more of an American thing.
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Great question! Sounds logical to me.
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I don't know about the 18th century, but it seems like the name of the war does vary based on focus/location.
I was a history major in college, and in one semester, I was enrolled in a class on Colonial America class and then another one that was a survey of British history. We had been talking about this war as the Seven Years' War in the British class--even though we were all American--and so a few weeks later when we started talking about it in the Colonial America class, I also called it the Seven Years' War then. My American history professor quickly corrected me and was emphatic that it was the French and Indian War in his class.
According to a couple of history books that I have read (I do not have them handy to provide titles) even in the 18th century it was usually called the "Seven Years War" in Europe, but the "French and Indian War" in America, including Canada. Remember, Canada became British instead of French as a result of the French and Indian War.
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