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French troops from Canada march south; seize and fortify the Ohio Valley. Britain protests the invasion and claims Ohio for itself.
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Fort Necessity was built by the british and was start to war
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Braddock came to america to iliminate the french presence
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As Secretary of State, Pitt sought to reduce tension with colonists by promising payment in proportion to support of war effort, giving colonial assemblies control of recruitment, sending thousands more British soldiers, and replacing Lord Loudoun with a more reasonable commander
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The French capture Fort William Henry. There is a massarcre as they are leaving.
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British victory restricted French navy's ability to resupply forces in Canada
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French surrender Quebec after a battle outside the city on the Plains of Abraham. Now French cant get supplies.
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The Treaty of Paris ends the war between Britain and France.
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King George III signs the Proclamation of 1763 reserving land west of the Allegheny Mountains for Indians.
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the British Sugar Act is an amendement to tax colonies.
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The Indian tribes of the Ohio Valley were surprised and angered by the defeat of their French allies in the French and Indian War; the natives were in possession of their homelands and had little feeling of loss during their association with Frenchmen. When word arrived in the Ohio Valley that the tribes were expected to turn their loyalty to a new European monarch, George III of Britain, they were outraged.
