The Seven Year War Website ( French and Indian War ) The French and Indian War. [ History | Reference Book ] [ Return to maps of the French & Indian War ] A Brief History In the early part of the eighteenth century, the trans-Appalachian region of North America remained much as it had been for the preceding centuries.
Some trappers and backwoodsmen—Frenchmen from Canada and Englishmen from the British colonies—traveled through its woods and rivers, but the principal occupants of the region were Native Americans and a great diversity of wildlife. The French & Indian War Interactive Map. The French & Indian War.