Outline Of The French And Indian War On Colonial America

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-Major George Washington built Fort Necessity, and wanted to fight in guerilla-style formation.
-The French quickly found out about the fort. Later they executed a ten hour siege. After the siege, Washington was forced to surrender his entire command, in July 1754 , which was ironically the fourth of July.
-The French and Indian War had begun in Colonial America.
-The French and Indian War was commonly called the Seven Years' War in Europe.
-In America, it was England and American colonists, with a few Indian tribes vs. France and French colonists, with few Indian tribes.
-The belligerents were England and Prussia vs. France,Spain,Austria, and Russia.
-Frederick of Prussia, though outnumbered three to one, earned the title of “Great” because

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