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Fort necessity
gourge washington lead his group of soldures to the was of the french and idian war at fort necessity wehre the first war would be taken place and gourge washington surrenders the fort to the french.French attack Fort Necessity with 700 men, Washington and 400 men surrender -
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the return
July 17, 1754: Washington's resigns Blamed for Fort Necessity, Washington resigns. then He returns as a volunteer under British authority -
British defeated at Ft. Duquesne
Gen. Braddock's force of 1450 men surrounded and defeated by Indian and French-Canadian forces -
Iriquois join British-American alliance
the lriquois join the brithish and fight johnson -
French take Ft. Oswego
French commander Montcalm takes fort, but is horrified to discover that his Indian allies kill wounded soldiers, take scalps, and make slaves of captives -
Massacre at Ft. William Henry
Following surrender of British and colonial garrison to Montcalm (who promised safe passage back to England), Indians killed 185 and took 310 British captive. -
Louisbourg and Ft. Duquesne captured by British
British-American-Indian forces overwhelm French who abandon Louisbourg and burn Ft. Duquesne before retreating north The French knocked down the tiny British fort and built Fort Duquesne, -
Battle of Quebec
Through British commander Gen. Wolfe is killed (along with French commander Montcalm), British forces sieze Quebec in dramatic uphill attack. -
French surrender Montreal
Greatly outnumbered French forces are defeated in war's final battle in the Americas. -
William Pitt guides British war effort
1757-1761 As Secretary of State, Pitt sought to reduce tension with colonists by promising payment in proportion to support of war effort, giving colonial assemblies control of recruitment, sending thousands more British soldiers, and replacing Lord Loudoun with a more reasonable commander -
British capture Havana, Manila from Spain
As Spain enters the war as a French ally, it suffers defeats from British naval forces. -
Treaty of Paris
France gives up claims to all of its North American possessions. All land west of the Mississippi and New Orleans goes to Spain. All land east of the Mississippi River and Canda goes to England
