French and Indian War (Aubrey, Makenzie)

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  • The Message

    The Message
    Goerge Washington carries Virginia's ultimatum over French encroachment to Captain Legardeur de Saint-Pierre at Rivere aux Boeufs. He rejects it.
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    The French and Indian War

  • The First Battle

    The First Battle
    Washington defeats the French in a suprise attack. His troops retreat to Great Meadows and built Fort Necessity.

  • The Frech Take Fort Necessity

    The Frech Take Fort Necessity

  • Washinton's Resignation

    Washinton's Resignation
    Blamed for Fort Necesity, Washington resigns. He will later return under British authority.

  • The Battle of Wilderness

    The Battle of Wilderness
    British general Braddock's forces are defeated near Fort Duquesne in Pennsylvania, leaving the backwoods of British terrioty undefended.

  • Battle of Lake George

    Battle of Lake George
    British colonial William Johnson forces win, making Johnson the first British hero of the war

  • Declarations of War

    Declarations of War
    Great Britian declares war in France. France declares war on Great Britian.

  • Fort William Henry

    Fort William Henry
    The comander and cheif of the French forces, Louis Joseph de Mantcalm takes Fort William Henry. The infamous massacre occurs, later dramatized in James Fenmore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans.

  • The French take Fort Ticonderoga

  • Louisbourg

    The British seize Louisbourg, opening the route to Canada.

  • Fort Frontenac

    The French surrender this fort on Lake Ontario, effectively distroying their ability to communicate thier troops in the Ohio Valley.

  • The British recapture Fort Duquesne

    It is renamed Pittsburg.

  • The British take Fort Ticonderoga

  • A slow route to victory

    The British take Fort Niagara; the French abandone Crown Point. After these two vistories, the Britsh control the entire western frontier.

  • Quebec

    The British win the decisive battle of Quebec. Montcalm and Wolfe, the commanding generals of both armies parish in battle.

  • Montreal

    Montreal falls to the British; letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    All French possessions cast of the Mississippi, except for New Orleanes, are given to the British. All French possessions west of the Mississippi are given to the Spanish. France regains martinique Guadeloupe in St. Lucia.