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The French and English claimed the Ohio River Valley
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George Washington was told to tell the French to leave
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Washington retreated to Virginia
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the French take over the fort
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British General Edward Braddock troops were surprised by Native Americans. Braddock was killed.
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BRitian and France declare war on each other
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The Treaty of Easton is signed between the British and several Indian nations, including the Iroquois League and the Ohio Indians. In return for peace, the British promise to renegotiate the Walking Purchase of 1737, through which the Iroquois gave away Delaware lands in western Pennsylvania to the British colony. They also promise to build a trading post at the Forks of the Ohio River and to prohibit white settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains.
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The British controlled six forts
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The British win the decisive Battle of Quebec.
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Governor-General Vaudreuil of New France surrenders Montreal, the last French stronghold in North America, without firing a shot when a British army of 17,500 British regulars, American provincial troops, and Indians converge on the city from three directions.
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Montreal falls to the British; letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada
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Ended all French control in North America and dramatically expanded Britain's conlonial empire
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Native American revolt against the British colonies
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outbreak among the Native Americans
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British declaration the forbade colnists from settling west of the Appalacians
