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Battle of Jumonville Glen
Battle of Jumonville Glen was the first battle in the French and Indian War, which was won by the British. This battle was for a diplomatic reason, where George Washington attacked the French, who was led by Louis Coulon de Viliers. -
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French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion
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Attack on Fort Necessity
The French led by Louis Coulon de Viliers, attacked the British at George Washington’s Fort Necessity and killed so many British men in the pouring weather that they forced Washington to surrender and sign a truce. The document that George Washington has agreed to said that he would have to flee and surrender their guns to the French, so they did this and went back to Virginia. -
Albany Congress (Plan of Union)
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson have written this so the thirteen colonies can agree to it and unite together in the French and Indian War. Sadly, the colonies rejected the plan since none of them wanted to give up their own government for a central government. -
Braddock's Defeat at Fort Duquesne
Edward Braddock wanted to take over the French’s fort named Fort Duquense, so that he can help the British take control of the Ohio Valley. Unfortunately, he lost a myriad of men and had to retreat to Philedelphia. -
Massacre at Fort William Henry
Montcalm led the French to Fort William Henry so that they can tell the British to surrender the fort and go to Fort Edward instead, without any harming them as they go. However, the Indians allied with the French did not like Montcalm’s decision, so the Indians started to kill or to capture the British, including women and children, while Montcalm tries to stop them. -
Forbes Expedition
John Forbes was a British officer who led this journey. This expedition’s purpose was to take control of French fort, Fort Duquesne, but before Forbes arrived with his men, the French destroyed the fort and retreated. -
Plains of Abraham
William Pitt thought that the British should attack one of the major French cities, Quebec. The British men, led by James Wolfe, decided to have some of them as a distraction on Point Levy (east from Quebec) as the rest of the British men came from the west during the night; the British won. -
Surrender of Vaudreuil
Amherst led the British to attack Montreal and they surrounded the city. Since the French couldn’t do anything, Vaudreuil (a French governor and basically the man who controlled all French military in this area) had to surrender Montreal to Jeffrey Amherst. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty ended the French and Indian War, which began in the year 1754. This treaty had the French lose all its land in North America, had the Spanish gain control of New Orleans with the rest of Louisiana, and had the British get all the land east of the Mississippi River. -
Pontaic's Rebellion
An Indian named Pontiac led a rebellion with other Indian tribes since the British fur traders were on the Indians’ land. The Indians decided to burn British settlements in this area, and when King George heard of this happening, he decided to create a proclamation that stated the Indians can have the land west from the Appalachian Mountains.
