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Marquis Duquesne was the Governor of New France at the opening of the French and Indian War.
The French and Indian War was one of the many conflicts that the British and French had for the control of territories in North America. It started in 1754 and transformed into an international conflict called the Seven Years War with the participation of Prussia and Spain. The armed conflict ended in 1763. The British won the war with the help of some Native American Indian tribes that allied the English.
