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Conflict over domination in North America ends with no clear victor with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
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Tension grows between France and England over land and trading claims. Minor skirmishes break out.
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George Washington carries Virginia’s ultimatum over French encroachment to Captain Legardeau de Saint-Pierre at Riviere aux Boeufs. He rejects it.
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Washington defeats French in a surprise attack (the first battle) and builds Fort Necessity.
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The French take Fort Necessity
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The British seize Acadia (Nova Scotia)
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British General Braddock’s forces are defeated near Fort Duquesne in Pennsylvania, leaving the backwoods of British Territory undefended.
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War is officially declared between Great Britain and France.
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The commander-in-chief of the French forces, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm lays siege to Fort William Henry which Col. Monro finally surrenders. The infamous massacre occurs, later dramatized in James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans.
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British make peace with the Iroquois, Shawnee and Delaware Indians.
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British win Battle of Quebec. Montcalm and Wolfe, the commanding generals of both armies, die in battle.
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French siege of Quebec fails.
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Montreal falls to the British; letters are signed finishing the surrender of Canada.
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Functional end of the war. British flag is raised over Detroit, effectively ending the war.
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French attempt to retake Newfoundland fails.
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All French possessions east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans, are given to the British. All French possessions west of the Mississippi are given to the Spanish. France regains Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Lucia.
