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Frace and Britian Clash
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France and Britian
Britain and France were the two of the stongest powers of Europe. They competed for wealth and empire in diferent parts of the world. This rilvary caused bitter feeling between British and french colonists in North America -
Tuscarora joined
After the Tuscarora joined , the English refered to the confederacy as the six Nations. -
Britian and France hostility
hostility between the 2 forces grew. British fur traderes bulit a fort at a place called pickawillany. Acting quickly, th eFrench attacked Pickawellany and drove the British traders out of ohio. -
British moving
The Iroquois came under greater pressure as the british moved into the Ohio valley -
Mr. Washington
Governor Robert Dinwiddle of Virginia sent a surveyor named George Washington into the Ohio country. -
Washington's mission
Dinwiddle made Washington a lieutenant colonel. He then sent Washington back to the Ohio cou try with a militia- a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies- of 150 men. -
New york defence
Representatives from several colonies met in Ablany, New York to discuss the threat of war. They wanted to find a way to defend themselves against the French.
