Seven Years' War

By audrianagibson

  • Surprise Attack

    Surprise Attack
    Washington's surprise attack on Fort Duquesne in May 1754 led the governors of Virginia and North Carolina to provide the newly promoted Colonel Washington with more troops.

  • George Washington

    George Washington
    One of the young colonial officers that would lead the troops in the Seven Years' War.

  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union
    Put together by Benjamin Franklin to create a more centralized colonial government that would establish policies regarding defense, trade, and territorial expansion for both the colonists and American Indians.

  • General Edward Braddock

    General Edward Braddock
    Edward Braddock was most famous for the French Indian War (1754 – 1763). He was a major general who fought with both British and American forces with General Washington as his assistant.

  • The Battle of Fort Necessity

    The Battle of Fort Necessity
    The Battle of Fort Necessity on July 3, 1754, (also known as the Battle of Great Meadows) resulted in Washington’s first and only surrender.

  • Expel the French from Fort Duquesne

    Expel the French from Fort Duquesne
    General Edward Braddock and two regiments arrived in 1755 to expel the French from Fort Duquesne.

  • William Pit

    William Pit
    In 1756, Britain's William Pitt decided to take a new tack and began strategically financing Prussia’s army as it took on France and its allies. Pitt also reimbursed the colonies for raising armies to beat back the French in North America.

  • Louisburg Victory

    Louisburg Victory
    The first British victory at Louisburg in July of 1758 revived the sagging spirits of the army. They soon took Fort Frontenac from the French and in September of 1758, General John Forbes captured Fort Duquesne and rebuilt a British fort called Fort Pitt in its place in honor of William Pitt.

  • Great Britain Victories

    Great Britain Victories
    Great Britain beat back French forces in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Havana, Manila, West Africa and India, wresting Pondicherry in India from the French on January 16, 1761

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The war ended in 1763 with the Treaty of Paris, signed by Great Britain, Hanover, France, and Spain, and the Peace of Hubertusburg, signed by Austria, Prussia, and Saxony. Under the Treaty of Paris the French lost nearly all their land claims in North America and their trading interests in India.