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French forces destroyed pro-British Miami village
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Young George Washington is dispatched to upper Ohio to warn the French away from the Ohio Valley.
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George Washington returned with troops to seize the Forks of Ohio, defeated a French detachment, and was defeated in turn when the French and Indians forced their surrender.
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British authorities dispatched Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Braddock and 1400 regular troops to the Ohio frontier.
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Braddock led his army into a French and Indian ambush at the Battle of Monongahela.
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Settlers newly planted in Greenbrier and upper New River valleys were killed, captured, or frightened back across the mountains. Older settlements in the South Branch and Potomac valleys came under heavy assault. A minority of residents keep hold of their ground.
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Virginia's government raised an army of several hundred frontiersmen joined by around 100 Cherokee warriors. The expedition lasted nearly a month before turning back in a state of near starvation and mutiny.
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John Forbes drives the French away from the Forks of the Ohio and established Fort Pitt. This brought the Ohio Indians back the British influence
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The French accept general settlement due to defeats in Europe, India, ad the Caribbean and they agree to give up all of their North American territory
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An uneasy peace settled over the Ohio Valley. The basic issue of who would control the region ramie unsettled.
