The key results of the French and Indian War include:
- France ceded most of its territories in North America east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain, including Canada. France retained only small islands like Saint Pierre and Miquelon and ceded Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain as compensation for Spain's loss of Florida to Britain. This marked the end of France as a major colonial power in North America.
- Britain gained significant territorial control, becoming the dominant colonial power in North America along the Atlantic seaboard from Hudson Bay to the Florida Keys.
- Native American tribes learned to manipulate the rivalries between France and Britain to protect their own interests, though the British victory eventually altered their power dynamics.
- The war strained British finances, leading to new taxes on North American colonists such as the Stamp Act, which contributed to growing colonial discontent and ultimately the American Revolution.
- The Royal Proclamation of 1763 reserved lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native Americans, temporarily limiting westward colonial expansion, though settlers largely ignored this.
In summary, the French and Indian War resulted in British territorial expansion, the decline of French power in North America, changing Native American alliances, and colonial tensions that set the stage for future revolutionary conflict.