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he was a young militray officer
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by the mid-1770 however the iroquois came under greater pressure as the british moved into the ohio valley
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after the tuscarora join in 1722 the english referred to the confrdercay as the the six zations.
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in the 1740 hostility between the two forcess grew.
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in the fall of 1753, governor robert dinwiddiec of vrginia sent a surveyor named george washinton into the ohio country.
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in the spring of 1754, dinwiddiw madw wasgington a lieutenant colonel.
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meanwhile, representatives from several colonies met in albany, new york in june 1754 to discuss the threat of war.
