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Events relating to the french and indian war
A French official travels down the Ohio valley, placing markers to claim it for France
The French seize or evict every English-speaking trader in the region of the upper Ohio
George Washington undertakes a difficult and ineffectual journey to persuade the French to withdraw from the Ohio valley
George Washington kills ten French troops at Fort Duquesne, in the first violent clash of the French and Indian war
The British colonies negotiate with the Iroquois at the Albany Congress, in the face of the French threat in the Ohio valley
A British force under Edward Braddock lands in America to provide support against the French in the Ohio valley
The first Conestoga wagons are acquired by George Washington for an expedition through the Alleghenies
The army led by Edward Braddock and George Washington is ambushed at Fort Duquesne and Braddock is killed
The French in America, under the marquis of Montcalm, begin two highly successful years of campaigning against the British
Wolfe defeats Montcalm and captures Quebec, but both commanders die in the engagement
In the treaty of Paris France cedes to Britain all its territory north of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi river, except the district of New Orleans
In the treaty of Paris, Spain cedes Florida to Britain, completing British possession of the entire east coast of north America