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French destroy miami village
French forces destroyed pro- British Miami village -
George Washington to the upper Ohio
To warn warn the French away from the valley -
Washington returned with troops
To seize the region's most strategic point, the Folks of the Ohio at modern Pittsburgh -
British authorities dispatched Maj. gen. Sir Edward Braddock
1,400 regular troops to the Ohio frontier -
Minority of residents held their ground
backed by a chain of small forts that Washington organized -
John Forbes drove the French away
From the Forks of the Ohio, present Pittsburgh, and established Fort Pitt there -
Uneasy peace settled over the Ohio Valley
Though the basic issue of who would control the region remained unsettled