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  war beetween french and indian
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  British made another attempt to capture Fort Duquesne
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  On July 3, the counterattacking French and Canadians forced Washington to surrender Fort Necessity
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  General John Forbes captured the site after the French destroyed Fort Duquesne the day before. The British built a much smaller fort on the site, and named it Fort Pitt.
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  French surrender Quebec after a battle outside the city on the Plains of Abraham.
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  The Treaty of Paris ends the war between Britain and France.
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  Declaration of Independence was signed.