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France and Britain Clash
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Britain and France
Britain and France were two of the strongest powers in Europe. They competed for wealth and empire among other things. -
The Tuscora join
The Tuscora join the Iriquois Confederacy. After they joined, the group was renamed the Six Nations. -
Hostility between the two forces grew
The two groups, the French and the British, grew more hatred toward eachother. The britains built a fort called Pickawillany, then the French attacked the fort and drove them out. -
Iriquois under pressure
The British moved into the Ohio Valley, causing the Iriquois great pressure. -
Govenor Robert Dinwiddie of Virgina's action
Govenor Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia sent a surveyor named George Washington into Ohio. At this time he was 21 years old. His mission was to tell the French that they were trespassing on land that Great Britain claimed. He was to demand that they leave. -
Washington becomes lieutenant
Dinwiddie made Washington a lieutenant colonel -
Representatives meet
Representatives meet in Albany, New York to discuss the threat of war. They decided to adopt Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union.
