French and Indian War

George Washington

Mar 15, 1753

The governor of Virginia dispatched the young George Washington t the upper Ohio to warn the French away from the valley.

George Washington

Jul 3, 1754

Washington returned with troops to seize the region's most strategic point , the Forks of the Ohio at modem Pittsburg, defeated a French detachment and was defeated in turn when the French an their Indian allies force his surrender at Fort Necessity on July 3.

Maj, Gen. Sir Edward Braddock

Mar 16, 1755

British authorities dispatched Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Braddock ad 1,400 regular troops to the Ohio frontier in 1755.

Settlers

Feb 26, 1756

Settlers newly planted in the Greenbrier an upper New River valleys were killed, captured, or frightened back across the mountains, while the older settlements in the South Branch ad Potomac valleys came under heavy assault. Here minority of residents held their ground, backed by a chain of small forts that Washington organized in 1756.

Sandy Creek Expedition

Mar 1, 1756

Ill-disciplined, poorly supplied, and unlucky in the weather and scarcity of game they encountered, this Sandy Creek Expedition struggled forward for nearly a month in February-March 1756 before turning back in a state of near-starvation and munity.

John Forbes

Mar 17, 1758

John Forbes drove the French away from the Forks of the Ohio, present Pittsburg, and established Fort Pitt there in 1758.

Ohio Indians

Mar 17, 1760

This brought the Ohio Indians back under British influence, though occasional Indian raids into Virginia continued in 1759-1760.

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Mar 17, 1763

When defeats in Europe, India, an the Caribbean le the French to accept a general settlement in 1763, the agreed t give up all their North American territory.