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If you've ever wondered why many US cities have French names (Baton Rouge, Des Moines, Boise, Terre Haute, St. Louis, Louisville, Dubuque, Detroit, Marquette, New (Nouvelle) Orleans), it's because those were all under French control when they were named.
The colonists couldn't expand westward without hitting French territory, so yes they wanted war against the French.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War
Do you know what actually started the 7 years war? It was when George Washington (a Lt. Colonel in the British army) ambushed a French force who were building a fort (Fort Duquesne) to defend their territory near the Ohio river. The French then attacked Washington's army and forced it to surrender. The first battlefront in the 7 years war was in North America, and it was a territorial dispute over the Ohio river valley.
I do see where my mistake was here and my ignorance was sort of awkwardly positioned. I was aware of the Prussian Austrian front, and had the impression that that was the start. The years given for the war here seem to coincide with that don't, but wars start before official dates. That's not a good reason at all, in fact the separate page for the French and Indian War give the earlier year. It's a poor excuse for my ignorance. In these wars within wars some people, myself as well, can get confused.