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In the 1700's britain and france were twon of hte strongest powers of Europe.
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The tuscarora joined the confederacy and after that the English referred to the confederacy as the six nations.
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The hostility between the two forces grew. The french attacked pickawillany and drove the british traders out of ohio.
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The governor Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia sent George washington into ohio. His m,ission was to tell the french that they were trespassing on the land that great britain had claimed.
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sevral colonies met in albany new york to discuss the threst of war they wanted to find a way to defend themselves against the french colonys. They also wanted to persuade the Iroquis to support the british people.
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A small force of colonial soldiers led by young George Washington, fought the french in what is todsy western pennsylvannia
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Dinwiddie Made Geaorge Washinton a lieutenant colonel. then washinton was sent back to ohio with a milita of 150 men to build a fortb where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the ohio river. they arrived to finf the french already building a fort.
