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remained open to assault until British regulars under gen. John Forbes rove the French away from the forks of ohio.
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British authorizes dispatched Maj. Gen Sir Edward Braddock and 1400 regular troops to the Ohio frontier in 1755
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Washington returned wit his troops to seize the regions troops most strategic point, the forks of the Ohio at modern Pittsburgh , defeated a French detachment, and was defeated in turn when the French at thei Indians allies forced his surrender at fort necessity on july 3
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disaster again followed. III-disciplined, poorly supplied, and unlucky in the weather and scarcity of the game they encountered, this sandy Creek Expediediin struggled forward for nearly a month in February
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when defeats in Europe, Indian and the Caribbean led the French to accept a general settlements in 1763
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finally, in 1764, an uneasy peace settled over the Ohio valley, though the basic issue of who would control the region remained unsettled
