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Start of the French and Indian War
The War was with two sides the Frech and the indains and the Breitish and the colonists. -
The First Battle of the war
Washingon defeats the French in a supprise attack. His troops retreat to the Great Meadows to build Fort Necessity -
Battle of Fort Necessity
French take Fort Necessity -
Battle of Lake George
British Colonel William Johnson's forces win, making Johnson the first British hero of the war. -
Battle of Fort William Henery
The commander-in-chief of the French forces, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm takes Fort William Henry. The infamous massacre occurs, later dramatized in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. -
A Slow Route to Victory
The British take Fort Niagara; the French abandon Crown Point. After these two victories, the British control the entire western frontier. -
Quebec
The British win the decisive Battle of Quebec. Montcalm and Wolfe, the commanding generals of both armies, perish in battle. -
Montreal
Montreal falls to the British; letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada. -
Treaty of Paris
All French possessions east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans, are given to the British. All French possessions west of the Mississippi are given to the Spanish. France regains Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Lucia. -
Smallpox
Men of the garrison at Fort Pitt infect besieging chiefs with blankets from the smallpox hospital. Soon faced with an epidemic, the Indians retreat.
