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Britain and france were two of the strongest powers in Europe. George washington fought with british forces against french. They both wanted conrol of the appalachian mountains.
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In 1722 the called the confederacy the Six Nations after the Tuscarora joined.
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Hostility between the two grew. The british fur traderd built a fort in pickawillany. The french attacked pickawillany and drove the British trdaders out of Ohio.
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The Iroquois came under a great pressure as the British had moved to Ohio.
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Robert Dinwiddlie sent a surveyor named George Washington to Ohio. Washington was 21 years old. His mission was to tell the French they were tresspassing on land Great Britain had claimed.
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Dinwiddie mad Washington lieutenant colonel. Then sent him back to Ohio with 150 men.
