So, the French Indian war was from 1756-1763. It was exactly 7 years. It was fought between the Indians allied by the British and the French allied by the Spanish. They fought for land which eventually the thirteen colonies. The French lost badly to gain control of the colonies and the Spanish king was So angry. Therefore King Louis the XLVII gave Spain a little land which is know Florida and Mississippi. People in the colonies called it the French And Indian War but Outside France, Spain & United Kingdom they called the Seven Years war because it was kind of an old World War stretching from Our colonies till Australia. In Addition this was the actual War that Made America