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He was dispatched to deal with french taking british territory after scraps within the ohio river valley involving the British expanding where they shouldn't have been
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kinda a side note but the albany conference was also when the Albany plan of union got proposed, then failed
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this is the event that technically begins the French and Indian war part of the 7 years war
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The british meet to organize a united response to colonial aggression from the french, they tried to involve the iriquois, they failed
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washington suprises the french and creates fort necessity
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washington loses fort necessity
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war is officially declared
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motreal falls to the british, effectively securing canada for britian and signaling the end of the war
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this ended the war, made spain cede Florida, the french left the w Mississippi, the ohio river valley was given to the brits, the west of the Mississippi was given to the french
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This british proclamation forbade any colonial expansion into the ohio river valley, this was promptly ignored by the American colonists