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Ohio River Valley
The French and English claimed the Ohio River Valley -
Washington and the French
George Washington was told to tell the French to leave -
Washington's Retreat
Washington retreated to Virginia -
Fort Necessity
the French take over the fort -
Battle of the Wilderness
British General Edward Braddock troops were surprised by Native Americans. Braddock was killed. -
British and France War
BRitian and France declare war on each other -
Treaty of Easton
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. -
British Forts
The British controlled six forts -
Quebec
The British win the decisive Battle of Quebec. -
French Surrender
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. -
Montreal
Montreal falls to the British; letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada -
Treaty of Paris
Ended all French control in North America and dramatically expanded Britain's conlonial empire -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Native American revolt against the British colonies -
Smallpox
outbreak among the Native Americans -
Proclaimation of 1763
British declaration the forbade colnists from settling west of the Appalacians
