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1750
The french believed they had rights to the land since explores had been there first -
1753
colonel washington the following year with more men and proceeded to built his own stockade nearby called fort necessity. -
French and Indian war
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1754
They destroyed a village supported English trades -
1756
The french captured the new fort and king george declard war -
1756
dispatch general Edwards braddock with an aggressive 3 pronged battle plan he was later kill in a surprise attack. -
1756-1759
French won battles for three years -
The French and indian allies war 1756- 1763
The idians scalped hundreds of british soldiers -
1757
infamous 1757 massacre at fort William Henry surrendered to the french -
England first victory
capturing a small French out post that supplied a much larger ft. Louisbourg -
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England gain control of Acadia -
British capture Havana, Manila from Spain 1762
As Spain enters the war as a French ally, it suffers defeats from British naval forces. -
French surrender Montreal 1760
Greatly outnumbered French forces are defeated in war's final battle in the Americas. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
France gives up claims to all of its North American possessions. All land west of the Mississippi and New Orleans goes to Spain. All land east of the Mississippi River and Canda goes to England. -
End
the war was over