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Leaders met in Albany New York to talk about French forces. Seven colonies send delegates to the meeting. Benjamin Franklin was a representative. He said colonies should fight the French
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http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war The governor sent 150 soldiers to take over the Ohio Valley. George Washington was the leader. After the first fight they build Fort Necessity.
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The fight was on. Britian's Parliament sent more troops to help fight the French. General Edward Braddock led the British.
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Braddock had 1,800 troops that marched to Fort Duquesne. He brought George Washington along to advise him.
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British troop was used to fighting in the open. The French and Indians hid behind rocks and trees. The early battles didn't go so well.
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Britain sends more troops and slowly they start winning more of the fights. There was even some fighting going on in Europe.
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War ends in 1763. The treaty give Britain most of Canada, French lands east of Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida. France nearly lost all lands in America.
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Ottawa Indians fought to keep their lands. They attacked colonists' settlement around the forts.
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King George announced that all lands west of the Appalachian Mts. were to be left to the Indians. This did not happen
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After the war, Britain needed more money to pay off the war. They taxed the people with the Sugar Act. That made the colonist mad and angry.
