-
Washington completes Fort Necessity
After retiring from Jacksonville, Washington expected to be attacked With about 150 Virginians at Great Meadows, they began to construct a fort, which Washington named Fort Necessity. The fort was completed. -
A New Campaign
Months before the siege of Beauteous Okinawan conducted 9 raids in the 1755 campaign against the British forts and settlements along the border. In this Campaign there were 9 raids the natives killed 11 and took 11 captive. Natives killed two men and a family in Morgantown in April 1755. -
Battle of the Wilderness
British General Edward Braddock is badly wounded and his force of British Regulars and provincial troops is defeated at the Battle of the Wilderness, also known as the Battle of the Monongahela. -
the British formally declared war
The fighting between Anglo-American and French troops in North America raged for almost a year before any declaration of war was made. The British finally declared war on France on 20 May 1756. -
massacre at Ft. William Henry
This six-day attack by Montcalm and his 8,000 French troops, Native allies, and Canadian volunteers left Fort William Henry near collapse. The fort's walls were breached, the guns were overused, and the British had gained many casualties, leading Monro to surrender on August 9. -
the British won their first great victory at Louisbourg
In July 1758, The British won their first victory at Louisbourg, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. A month later they took Fort Frontenac at the western end of the river. -
Fort Niagara
Fort Niagara is more than 300 years old.During the colonial wars in North America a fort at the on Niagara River was important because it had controlled access to the Great Lakes and the westward route to the heartland of the continent. With the finished
Erie Canal in 1825 however, the strategic value of Fort Niagara .It nonetheless remained an active military post well into the 20th century. -
plains of Abraham
Plains of Abraham also called Heights Of Abraham, French Plains Abraham, plains in Quebec region, southern Quebec province, Canada. The plains lie at the western edge of the old walled city, overlooking the St. Lawrence River. -
William Pitt leading the British
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham on 15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778 was a British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain in the middle of the 18th century, Pitt was also referred as the Great Commoner, because of his longstanding refusal to accept a title until 1766. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was the official peace treaty with the United States and Britain that finished the American Revolutionary War. It was signed on September 3, 1783. The Congress of the league approved the treaty on January 14, 1784. King George III approved the treaty on April 9, 1784.
