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French and Indian War
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The French March
The French march from Canada south, down the Ohio Valley. Britain protests the invasion and claims Ohio for itself, where fighting began. -
Fort Necessity
Ensign deJumoville and a third of his escort is killed by a British patrol led by George Washington. In relation the French and the Indians defeat the British at Fort Necessity. Washington surrenders after a third of his force was defeated. -
British defeated at Fort Duquesne
General Braddock's force of 1450 men surrounded and beat by Indian and French-Canadian forces in Western Pennsylvania. -
Battle of Lake George
Dieskau captured leading frontal assult, Johnson's assultm on Canada haulted. -
Pitt and the Nations
William Pitt creates good policies toward colonial legislatures to get more colonial support for the war, the Treaty of Easton is signed with the Six Nations, and the British take control of the Forks of the Ohio. -
Plains of Abraham
The British got more resources into the battle in North America and began to capture French forts. In 1759, the British won the Battle of The Plains of Abraham, which let them to be in Quebec. -
French and British War
The French and British war ended in 1759 when British Major General James Wolfe and the rest of his men captured Quebec. -
Battle of Quiberon Bay
Outnumbered French forces were defeated in war's final battle in the Americas. (Off France) -
French surrender in Montreal
Outnumbered French forces were defeated in one of the war's final battle in the Americas. (Quebec) -
Spain Enters
Spain enters the war in 1761, now the British triumph was delayed, and, with the involvment of England, France, and Spain, the war lasted in 1763. -
Peace Treaty
In the peace treaty of 1763 then British got most of the French land in North America. Also a result of the war, the British began taxing the colonists to pay for the war. -
Pontiac Rebellion
The actuall ending of the war in 1766 with the Pontiac Rebellion. Where lands were distributed.
