<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> </Table>
who was defeated in the french and indian war
British