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1753: 21-year-old George Washington sent by lieutenant governor Dinwiddie to tell French to move from Ohio river valley -French unmoving
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1754: Dinwiddie sent Washington to reinforce Virginian fort-150 Virginians encountered 600 French and 100 Indians, quickly built fort necessity
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February 1755: General Edward Braddock arrived with 1,400 troops, joined with 450 militia troops
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April 1755: began march to Fort Duquesne
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Governor Shirley was fearful that French settlers in Nova Scotia would side with France in any confrontation, so he expelled them to many British colonies
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1756: fighting between Great Britain and France spreads to Europe.
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In 1756 the British formally declared war (marking the official beginning of the Seven Years’ War), but they still faced the same problems even with their new leader in America, Lord Loudon, and made little ground in their fight with the French and their Indian allies.
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The tide turned in 1757 because William Pitt saw the colonial conflicts as a major point in building a huge British empire. He paid Prussia to attack in Europe by borrowing money. he reimbursed the colonies for raising troops in North America.
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In September 1758, General John Forbes captured Fort Duquesne for the British, they built what they called Fort Pitt on the site and that gave them a key stronghold near what we call Canada today.
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In July 1758, the British won their first great victory at Louisbourg, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.
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1759: General James Wolfe defeated General Louis Joseph Montcalm (Marquis de Montcalm)
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With the fall of Montreal in September 1760, the French lost their last foothold in Canada.
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1761: Spain joined forces with France
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The French and Indian War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in February 1763.
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Great Britain claimed lands east of Mississippi, including Florida from Spain.