-
French destroyed pro-british Miami village
-
Virginia dispatched George Washington to upper Ohio to warn the French away from the valley.
-
Washington returned with troops to seize the region's most strategic point, the Forks of the Ohio at modern Pittsburg, defeated a French and their Indian allies forced his surrender at fort necessity on july 3
-
a minority residents held their ground backed by a chain of small forts tat Washington orginaized
-
John Forbes drove the French away from the Forks of Ohio Indians back under British influence, tough occasional Indian raids into Virginia continued n 1759 and 1760. When Defeats in Europe, India, and the Caribbean in the French To accept a general settlement in17631
-
Finally, in 1764, an uneasy peace settled over the Ohio Valley, though the basic issue of who would control region remained unsettled.
