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Fort Necessity
Goerge Washington and his men built a fort and later there was rain and the fort started to flood all the gun powder was ruined. Then the French took over and they made sure that if Washington wanted to he wanted to go back he could not build another fort for a whole year. The fort was made out of sticks that did not hold out well. The fort was at the bottom of a hill which also didn't help the flooding. -
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French and Indian War
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The Albany Congress
The British made a treaty with the Native Americans and to protect the colonists from the french. The plan was developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albaby was a great plan for many years. -
Batttle fo Lake George
The British named the Lake after there King George. On September 8th th French were trying to trick the British. That night someone spotted lighting in a near buy area and the day after that there boats coming straight tords the British forts! -
Fort Oswego
The french take control over Fort Oswego which then gives them great power over the great lakes! the great lakes give them more strength then they have ever had in this time in the war. -
Battle of Fort William Henry
This fort is on the southern part of Lake george. The French general was preparing to attack. The british troops were disarmed and were forced to surrender they started to march out of what once was there Fort William Henry -
Fort Ticonderoga
The French and British fought for 6 straight hours. The English lost about 2,000 men and the French lost just about 500 men! The battle was also known as the "Black Watch". -
Fort Duqesne
The French abandon the fort. They relieze that they will be over run my the 5,000 men, especially the ohio Indians! The form a peace treaty at easton -
The Battle of Fort Niagara
This Battle was located on lake Ontario it was in a great spot like most of the forts it coul dover see all the rivers that ran along it. The French had a lot of reinforcements and both the french and British saw the canoes coming -
Battle of Quebec
In this battle Major General James Wolfe was killed. The French wanted this fort so bad because it was in a perfect spot right on the edges of the rivers were they could see all the ships and boats coming in for supplies. They could stop and boat that came in. The British had won the fight against the French -
The Treaty of Paris
All the french possesions on the east of the Mississippi river except New Orleans goes to the British.All land on the west of the mississippi river is given to Spain because the spain did help out in the French and Indian War. -
Surrender of Montreal
This date is really the end of the war all of the conflict going on in the new world. All the conflict from the French and British stoppedand then the British and French come up with the treaty of paris which the french were given very little land -
The end of Pontiac Rebellion
The British give "gifts" to the French which are blankets with have small pox disease in them. A lot the the Indians don't hav any medication for them so the army startes to fall apart. The colonist go help the British they have a few good battle skills and soon enough the French are going down hill they surrender and the British win
