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George Wasington fought with British forces aganist the French. Both forces wanted control of lands west Appalachian Mountains.
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The Tuscarora joined in 1722, the English referred to the confederacy as the six nations. The inroquois manged to remain independent by trading with both British and the France.
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In the 1740s hostiliy between the two forces grew. British fur traders built a fort at a place called Pickawillany. The Frence attacked Pickawillany and drove the British traders out of Ohio.
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Robert Dinwiddie of virgina sent a surveyor named George Washington was 21 years old. His mission was to tell the French that they were trespassing on land that Great Britain clamied. He was demand that they will leave.
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Dinwiddie made Washington a lieutenant colonel. He than sent Washington back to the Ohio country with a militia-a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies-of 150 men.
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Meanwhile, representatives from colonies met in Albany, New York , In june 1754 to discuss the threat of war. They wanted to find a way to defend themselves against the French
