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British-French Rivalry
Britian and France were two of the strongest powers they had in Europe. British interests turned to the Ohio Valley.The french regarded this territory as their own. They didn't want british colonists sharing in their profitable fur trade. -
American Colonist take Actiom
The english referred to the confederacy at the Six Nations.The iroquois managed to remain independant by trading. -
British-French Rivalry
Hostility between the two forces grew. French troops had began raiding towns in Maine and New York. In response, some New Englanders captured the important French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, north of Nova Scotia. -
american colonists take action
Governor Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia sent a surveyor named George Washington.He was only 21 years old. Wasshington did deliver the message but it wasn't any good. -
Washington's First command
Dinwiddie made Washington a lieutentant colonel.
He sent Washington back to Ohio with a militia. They had instructions to build a fort where Alleghany and Monongahela rivers meet to form the Ohio River -
The Albany Plan of Union
Represanatives from several colonies met in Albany, New york to discuss the threat of war. They had also hoped to persuade the Iroquois to support the British.
The albany meeting failed to unite the colonists in fighting the French. The french and Indian war erupted