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Washington defeats French in a surprise attack (the first battle) and builds Fort Necessity. http://www.visitpa.com/sites/default/master/files/styles/profile-slideshow/public/zzdata-3711_730x480.jpg
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Great Britain declares war on France.
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French commander Montcalm takes Fort Oswego, but discovers that his Indian allies killed soldiers, scalped, and made slaves of captives. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Louis-Joseph_de_Montcalm_cph.3g09407.jpg
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Fort Dequesne is renamed Pittsburg http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/images/FtDuquesne1.JPG
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Many letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada.
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Men of the garrison at Fort Pitt infect besieging chiefs with blankets from the smallpox hospital. Soon faced with an epidemic, the Indians retreat. http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/drawing.jpeg
