French And Indian War

​Great Britain and France have always been intense rivals

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​Great Britain and France both have claims in North America

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​Great Britain and France both claim land in the Ohio Valley in North America

​French and British begin building forts along the disputed Ohio River Valley

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​1753 Virginia sends a 21 year old George Washington and a small body of troops (Militia) to tell the French to leave the Valley

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​The French ignore his warning

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​He is ordered to build a fort at where the Monongahela and Allegheny River meet to form the Ohio River.

​Washington discovers that the French have already built a fort there.

​Washington fights a small battle with the French known as the battle of Jumonville Glen.

​Victory would be short lived as he will be forced to surrender to the French at Fort Necessity

​Washington retreats and builds a very impromptu fort about 50 miles south. This is called Fort Necessity