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The Ambush at Fort Duqesne
The French built a fort in Ohio county. This angered the British, and they sent Washington and his army to deal with it. They defeated the small French force that was stationed there but were counter-attacked and forced to retreat. This began the 7 years war -
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The early French Victories
The French first ambushed general Edward Braddock and killed much of their army, including Braddock, but were unable to catch Washington and half of the army. In 1756 and 57, French general Louis-Joesph de Montcalm destroyed British forts at Lake Ontario and Lake George. Meanwhile, Natives raided British settlements in Pennsylvania and Virginia. -
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The later British victories
The tides of the war slowly shifted in the later years of the war. The British cut off french supplies, and thus many Natives switched sides to the better supplied British army. British finally captured Fort Duquesne, as well as a Fortress in Louisburg. This gave clear to an attack on the stronghold of Qubec in 1759. This attack killed General Montcalm. In 1760, the British captured Montreal and forced the French general to surrender the rest of Canada. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
The Natives were getting hurt with the victory of the British. Lord Jeffery Amherst cut off the goods to the Natives and the Britsh settled of Native lands in Western Pennsylvania and Virginia. A large group of Natives in the Spring of 1763 captured most of the British Forts in the Ohio river valley. Later that year, they raided more settlements in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. They wanted to lure the French back into North America, but couldn't capture the strongest forts. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the 7 years war victoriously for the British, who kept Canada, the great lakes, the Ohio River valley, and Florida. The French now had no presence at all in North America. -
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The Sugar, Quartering, and Stamp act
Colonists grew rich from trade, with smugglers avoiding paying taxes. In 1764, Prime Minister George Grenville proposed to collect taxes on stuff the colonists already bought. This started with the Sugar Act, which cracked down on smugglers. Then in 1765, the quartering act was in place, which required colonists to provide housing to British soldiers after the French and Indian war. Finally, the Parliament passed a tax onto almost all printed materials, which the colonists finally protested.
