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the war starts with Claude-Pierre Pecaudy de Contrecœur leading 500 men south from Fort Venango on this date
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Robert Dinwiddie had orderd Washington to lead a large force to assist WilliamTrent in his studies
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Following the battle, Washington pulled back several miles and established Fort Necessity, which the French then attacked on July 3. The engagement led to Washington's surrender; he negotiated a withdrawal under arms.
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The British harassed French shipping throughout 1755, seizing ships and capturing seamen, contributing to the eventual formal declarations of war in spring 1756.
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Admiral Edward Boscawen had fired on the French war ship known as ALCIDE. He captured it and two other warships.
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Most of the fighting between France and Britain in continental North America ended in 1760. The notable exception was the French seizure of St. John's, Newfoundland. When General Amherst heard of this surprise action, he immediately dispatched troops under his nephew William Amherst, who regained control of Newfoundland after the Battle of Signal Hill in September
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The war in North America officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on February 10, 1763
