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The French and Indian War (1754–1763) ... Fort Le Boeuf in 1754. In the spring of 1753, the French began to build a series of forts in the Ohio Country.
On June 28, 1754, a combined force of 600 French, French Canadian, and Indian soldiers, under the command of Jumonville's brother, Louis Coulon de Villiers, left Fort Duquesne. [36] On July 3, they captured Fort Necessity in the Battle of Fort Necessity and forced Washington to negotiate a withdrawal under arms. [ 37 ]
The Battle of Fort Necessity, also known as the Battle of the Great Meadows, took place on July 3, 1754, in present-day Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.The engagement, along with a May 28 skirmish known as the Battle of Jumonville Glen, was the first military combat experience for George Washington, who was later selected as commander of the Continental Army during the American ...
The title French and Indian War in the singular is used in the United States specifically for the warfare of 1754–1763, which composed the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War and the aftermath of which led to the American Revolution. The French and Indian Wars were preceded by the Beaver Wars.
George Washington's military experience began in the French and Indian War with a commission as a major in the militia of the British Province of Virginia.In 1753 Washington was sent as an ambassador from the British crown to the French officials and Indians as far north as present-day Erie, Pennsylvania.
Johnson commanded Iroquois and colonial militia forces against the French and their allies during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). His role in the British victory at the Battle of Lake George in 1755 earned him a baronetcy of New York. His capture of Fort Niagara from the French in 1759 brought him additional renown.
2 February – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838) [2] 15 January Jacques Pierre Brissot, French politician (d. 1795) 17 February – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) 17 March – Madame Roland (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. 1793) 9 August – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825)
Crucible of War: The Seven Years War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 (2000) pp 267–285; Chartrand, Rene. Tomahawk and Musket; French and Indian Raids in the Ohio Valley 1758. (2012) Osprey Publishing. Osprey Raid Series #27. ISBN 978-1-84908-564-9; Dolack, Bill (2008).