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Britain & France
Britain and France were the two strongest powers in Europe. They competed for wealth and empire. This started bitterness in the world -
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France and Britain Clash
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Tuscarora joined
English referred to the confederacy as the six nations. Iroquois remained independent by trading with British and the french. Skillfully played the British and French against each other. -
British Hostility
British fur traders built a for at Pickawillany. French groups raiding towns in Maine and New York. Some New Englanders captured important Fremch fortress on the Cape Breton Island . -
Ohio Valley
The Iroquois came under great pressure and British moved to the Ohio Valley. Leaders of confederacy gaves certain trade rights to the British. Since this, the Iroquois upset the balance of power between the British and the French. -
George Washington
Governor Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia sent George into Ohio country. Washington was 21. he had to tell the French that theyw ere trespassing that Great Britain claimed and demand them to leave. The french told him that it was there plan to take possesion. -
Washington is a Lieutenant Colonel
Dinwiddie sent Washington back to the Ohio country witha militia. The militia had instructions to build a fort, the site of present day Pittsburgh. When he got there they found that the french was already building Fort Duquesne on that spot. Washington established a small post nearby called Fort Necessity. Washingtons soilders had to surrender. The british soildiers were released adn returned to Virigina. -
Albany, New York
Threatend war, wanted a way to defend themselves agaisnt the French. Tried to convince the Iroquois to support the British. The representatives adopted Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union which called for "one general goverment". No colony assembled but approved the plan. No colony gave up power. The albany meeting failed to unite the colonists fighting the French.
