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  2. Ohio Country - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley [b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France .

  3. French presence in the Ohio Valley - Wikipedia

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    In 1754 the British governor of Virginia wanted to gain control of the Ohio Valley, which was under French control. He ordered George Washington to lead troops into the valley. The latter took off in April of this year. When Washington and his soldiers arrived, they began to build a small fort, the future Fort Necessity.

  4. Battle of Jumonville Glen - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. French and Indian War - Wikipedia

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    The French withdrew from Fort Duquesne and left the British in control of the Ohio River Valley. [67] The great French fortress at Louisbourg in Nova Scotia was captured after a siege. [68] A British expedition sent to invade Canada was repulsed by the French at the Battle of Carillon in July 1758.

  6. Battle of Fort Necessity - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Western theater of the American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia

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    At the conclusion of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), Great Britain won uncontested influence over the region between its Atlantic Coast colonies and the Mississippi River. The Ohio River marked a tenuous border between the American colonies and the American Indians of the Ohio Country.

  8. Battle of Fort Duquesne - Wikipedia

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    The attack on the fort was part of a large-scale British expedition with 6,000 troops led by General John Forbes to drive the French out of the contested Ohio Country (the upper Ohio River Valley) and clear the way for an invasion of Canada. Forbes ordered Major James Grant of the 77th Regiment to reconnoiter the area with 850 men. Grant ...

  9. James Innes (British Army officer, died 1759) - Wikipedia

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    Washington was given command of the Virginia Regiment upon Fry's death, and he led that unit into the Ohio River Valley on Dinwiddie's orders before Innes was appointed his superior. On 28 May 1754, Washington's unit, along with native Mingo allies, surprised a French unit, killing Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, the unit's commander