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The First Battle
Washington defeats the French in a surprise attack, Washingtons troops retreat to Great Meadows and build Fort Necessity. -
Washington's resignation
Washington resigns, Washington later returned as a volunteer under British authority. -
The Battle of the Wilderness
British General Braddock's forces are defeated near the Fort Duquesne in Pennsylvania, leaving the backwoods of British territory undefended -
The Battle of Lake George
British Colonel William Johnson's forces win, making Johnson the first British hero of the war -
Declarations of War
Great Britain declares war on France,France had declares war on Great Britain -
Fort William Henry
The French forces, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm takes Fort William Henry. The infamous massacre occurs, later dramatized in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans -
Louisbourg
The British seize Louisbourg, opening the route to Canada. -
Fort Frontenac
The French had surrendered their fort on Lake Ontario, it effectively destroyed their ability to communicate with their troops in the Ohio Valley -
British/Indian Peace
The British made peace with the Iroquois, Shawnee, and Delaware Indian -
A Slow Route to Victory
The British took over Fort Niagara, the French abandon Crown Point. After these two victories, the British control the entire western frontier -
Quebec
The British had won the decisive Battle of Quebec. Montcalm and Wolfe, the commanding generals of both armies, perish in battle. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war started in 1754. The long imperial struggle between Britain and France. When France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies, a series of battles led to the official British declaration of war in 1756. Although British won they still faced colonial problems.