Which immediate effect did the French and Indian War have on North America? A.
France gave up its holdings on the continent, clearing the way for British expansion to the north and the west.

B.
British colonists won the right to settle formerly French territory from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River.

C.
Britain secured control of lands from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River, excluding French Canada and Spanish Florida.

D.
Spain and Britain each gained access to wide swaths of territory inhabited by Native Americans when they divided French Louisiana.