| Event |
Date |
Comments |
| Fort Niagara |
Spring of 1726 |
Construction of Fort Niagara. |
| Death of King George I and accession of George II |
June 10, 1727 |
Death of King George I and accession of George II. |
| Fort Saint Fredric |
September 22, 1731 |
Construction of Fort Saint Fredric. |
| Fort Crown Point |
1734 |
Construction of Fort Crown Point. |
| Fort Pickawillany |
1750 |
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| Fort Beauséjour |
November 8, 1750 |
Construction of Fort Beauséjour. |
| Fort Gaspereau |
1751 |
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| Britain forbids New England colonies from issuing new bills of credit |
1752 |
In addition, Parliament insists that all outstanding issues be promptly redeemed at maturity. p 462 |
| Langlade's expedition |
April 1752 |
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| Pickawillany, Attack on |
June 21, 1752 |
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| Marin's expedition |
Spring 1753 |
Paul Marin de la Malgue, in command of 2,000-man combined force of Troupes de la Marine and Indians. He was ordereed to protect the King's land in Ohio from the British. |
| Fort Presqu’ile |
May 3 - August 3, 1753 |
French soldiers build Fort Presqu’ile, a portage road and Fort Le Boeuf to protect the Lake Erie-French Creek portage. Troops suffer from the hard work and poor food, many, including Capt. Marin develop scurvy and die. |
| Fort Le Boeuf |
July 11, 1753 |
Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre took command of the fort on December 3, 1753. |
| Tanaghrisson's proclamation “I shall strike at whoever...” |
September 3, 1753 |
Tanaghrisson, Chief of the Mingo arrived at Fort Le Boeuf, where he made his proclamation, a threat to the French. |
| George Washington's Expedition to Fort Le Boeuf |
October 31, 1753 |
Virginia’s Governor Robert Dinwiddie dispatches young George Washington to Fort Le Boeuf to demand the French withdrawal from the Ohio territory. |
| Washington and his men reach Fort Le Boeuf |
November 12, 1753 |
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| Washington's party leave Fort Le Boeuf |
November 13, 1753 |
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| Washington and his party arrive at Logstown |
November 26, 1753 |
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| Washington's party arrive in Williamsburg, Virginia |
December 12, 1753 |
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| Major Washington returns to Williamsburg |
January 1754 |
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| Unnamed Battle |
January 1754 |
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| Fort Prince George |
February 17, 1754 |
Members of the Ohio Company under Captain Trent and Ensign Edward Ward begin work on a fortification at the Forks of the Ohio, where the Allegheny and Monongahela merge into the Ohio at present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| Fort Machault |
April, 1754 |
The French reinforce their forces in the Ohio via lakes Ontario and Erie and build Fort Machault (present day Franklin, PA) and Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh). |
| French and Indian War |
April 17, 1754 - February 10, 1763 |
A contest between France and Britain for possession of North America. For various motivations, most Algonquian tribes allied with the French; the Iroquois with the British. |
| Continuation |
April 17, 1754 - February 10, 1763 |
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| Fort Dusquesne Incident |
April 17, 1754 |
The French drove the Virginians away from Fort Prince George on April 17, 1754, and completed the fort; they named it after the Marquis de Duquesne, governor-general of New France. This marks the beginning of French and Indian War. |
| Fort Duquesne |
April 18, 1754 |
Fort Prince George construction abandoned. The French occupy the fort and rename it Fort Duquesne. |
| Jumonville Glen, Skirmish at |
May 27-28, 1754 |
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| Fort Necessity |
May 29, 1754 |
After the skirmish at Jumonville Glen, Washington sent his prisoners to Williamsburg while he returned to the Great Meadows to start construction of a small fort, later known as Fort Necessity. |
| Albany Congress |
June 19 - July 11, 1754 |
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| Great Meadows, Battle of |
July 3, 1754 |
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| Fort Lyman |
July 9, 1754 |
Construction of Fort Lyman (Fort Edward). |
| Unnamed Battle |
August 28, 1754 |
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| General Braddock appointed Commander of British forces in America |
September 24, 1754 |
Major General Edward Braddock is appointed Commander in Chief of British forces in the Thirteen colonies. |
| George Washington resigns his commission |
December 1754 |
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| Massachusetts Governor Shirley masses troops at Oswego |
1755 |
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| Unnamed Battle |
1755 |
Widespread raids on English frontier settlements by French and Indian war parties begin. |
| Braddock starts for Wills Creek |
April 1755 |
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| Alexandria Council |
April 14, 1755 |
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| English General Edward Braddock arrives in Virginia |
April 14, 1755 |
English Brigadier General Edward Braddock arrives in Virginia with two regiments of English regulars and begins plans to march on Fort Duquesne. |
| Fort Bull |
May 27, 1755 |
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| Braddock Expedition |
May 29 – July 9, 1755 |
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| Beauséjour, Siege of |
June 3-16, 1755 |
French Fort Beausejour falls after a brief bombardment. Nearby Fort Gaspereau is immediately abandoned by its French garrison. Beausejour becomes English Fort Cumberland. (W) |
| Grand Banks, Battle of the |
June 6, 1755 |
Britain's Admiral Boscawen tries to intercept the Comte de la Motte’s flotilla carrying reinforcements to New France. He captures only two ships, Alcide and Lys. |
| Bounties offered for scalps in Massachusetts |
June 12, 1755 |
Massachusetts Governor William Shirley offers a bounty for Indian scalps. |
| Fort Gaspereau occupied by English |
June 17, 1755 |
Fort Gaspereau is occupied by English after its abandonment a few days earlier. This was the last French fort in Acadia, other than Fortress Louisbourg. (W) |
| Unnamed Battle |
July 3, 1755 |
A number of settlers were killed when Indians attacked the New River Settlement in Virginia. |
| British begin deportations of the French from Acadia |
July 4, 1755 |
Beginning of the British deportations of the French from Acadia as ordered by Lieutenant Governor Charles Lawrence of Nova Scotia. This is the origin of the term "cajun," a mispronounciation of Acadian. |
| Monongahela, Battle of |
July 9, 1755 |
British lose two thirds of their force to French and Indian allies in Virginia backcountry; both enemy generals die in the engagement |
| General Edward Braddock dies |
July 13, 1755 |
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| Lake George, Battle of |
September 8, 1755 |
New England Militia victory |
| The Virginia "Twopenny Act" is passed |
October 1755 |
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| Construction of Fort Carillon begins |
October 1755 |
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| French inhabitants of Acadia are exiled by the English |
October 1755 |
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| Fort Bull, Destruction of |
March 27, 1756 |
French Forces destroy Fort Bull (near Rome, NY) on the Oneida Carry. |
| Bounties for Scalps in Pennsylvania |
April 14, 1756 |
Pennsylvania Governor Robert Hunter Morris "declared war and proclaimed a general bounty for Indian enemy prisoners and for scalps." The bounties to be paid were £130 for a male scalp and £50 for a female scalp. |
| Hanging Rock, Ambush at |
April 16, 1756 |
Daniel Morgan shot through the neck in an ambush near Hanging Rock (?) on way to Winchester; two companions killed. Morgan makes it to Ft. Edwards. |
| Great Cacapon River, Battle of |
April 18, 1756 |
Capt. John Fenton Mercer, Lt. Thomas Carter and 15 soldiers killed not far from Ft. Edwards. This is the largest encounter between French and Indian forces and Virginia soldiers of the War. |
| Fort Loudoun |
May 1756 - 57 |
Construction of Fort Loundoun. It was built by the English to protect the southern frontier from the French, who were threatening to occupy the Tennessee Valley. |
| Oswego, Battle of |
July 3, 1756 |
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| Lord Loudoun arrives in North America |
July 23, 1756 |
The new English commander, John Campbell Earl of Loudoun, arrives in North America. |
| Fort Granville, Destruction of |
July 30, 1756 |
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| Kittanning, Battle of |
August 8, 1756 |
Pennsylvanians attack Indian settlement and kill Captain Jacobs and a number of ofther Indians. |
| Oswego, Battle of |
August 11-14, 1756 |
French and Indian allies take the only British trading post on Lake Ontario, thus re-establishing French exclusivity on European products in Great Lakes commerce with native populations |
| Kittanning Expedition |
September 8, 1756 |
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| Benjamin Franklin visits England |
1757 |
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| Unnamed battle |
1757 |
French & Indian raids strike settlements in the Mohawk Valley. |
| Snowshoes, First Battle on |
January 21, 1757 |
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| Sabbath Day Point, Battle of |
July 26, 1757 |
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| Fort William and Henry, Siege of |
August 4-9, 1757 |
British defeated by French then Indians slaughter prisoners |
| Fort William Henry, Massacre at |
August 9, 1757 |
British defeated by French then Indians slaughter prisoners |
| Fort William Henry, Capture of |
August 9, 1757 |
Fort William Henry at the southern end of Lake George falls to the French (Cooper’s famous novel Last of the Mohicans is later based upon this campaign.) |
| The new English commander in North America is General James Abercrombie |
December 30, 1757 |
The English commander in North America, the Earl of Loudoun, is replaced by General James Abercrombie. |
| Ile d'Aix, Battle of |
March 4, 1758 |
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| Snowshoes, Second Battle on |
March 13, 1758 |
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| Fort Saint David, Naval Battle of |
April 29, 1758 |
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| Forbes Expedition |
Summer of 1758 - November 25, 1758 |
The Forbes Expedition captures the French outpost at Fort Duquesne. (W) |
| Louisbourg, Siege of |
June 3 - July 28, 1758 |
British forces bombard and take Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island on July 28, 1758. The fall of the French fortress opened the wav for a British offensive up the St. Lawrence River. |
| British capture Fortress Louisburg (Cape Breton Island) |
July 28, 1758 |
British capture Fortress Louisburg (Cape Breton Island). |
| Fort Frontenac, Battle of |
August 26-27, 1758 |
American colonials victory over the French |
| Fort Pitt |
September 3, 1758 - January, 1759 |
Fort Pitt constructed at the site of Fort Duquesne |
| Fort Duquesne, Battle of |
September 14, 1758 |
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| Easton, Treaty of |
October 1758 |
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| Fort Ligonier, Battle of |
October 12, 1758 |
Battle of Fort Ligonier, Pennsylvania. A force of 600 French and Indians, unsuccessfully attacks this fort in present day Pennsylvania, garrisoned by 1500 English under Colonel James Burd. |
| Sumee Tribe, Battle of the |
October 27, 1758 |
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| Fort Pitt |
November 24, 1758 |
British began building Fort Pitt on the site of Fort Duquesne. |
| French abandon and burn Fort Duquesne |
November 24, 1758 |
British began building Fort Pitt on the site of Fort Duquesne. |
| Fort Oswego, British reoccupation of |
1759 |
The British reoccupy Fort Oswego. |
| Ticonderoga, Crown Point & Niagara Campaigns |
June-July, 1759 |
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| Fort Ticonderoga, Siege of |
June 22-26, 1759 |
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| Quebec, Siege of |
June 27 - September 13, 1759 |
English defeat French outside Quebec |
| Fort Niagara, Siege of |
July 6-26, 1759 |
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| La Belle Famille, Battle of |
July 24, 1759 |
French forces on the Ohio rally to the fort’s relief, but are defeated in the Battle of La Belle Famille just a mile south of Ft. Niagara. |
| Ticonderoga, Battle of |
July 25, 1759 |
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| Unnamed Battle |
July 28, 1759 |
The French launch fire ships in an effort to burn the British fleet. |
| Beauport, Battle of |
July 31, 1759 |
French stop British attempt to land near Quebec city; notable naval bombardment with British ships and batteries firing 4000 rounds in 8 hours on French shoreline entrenchments |
| Quebec, Capture of |
September 13, 1759 |
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| Plains of Abraham, First Battle of |
September 13, 1759 |
English defeat French outside Quebec |
| Wampum factory established |
1760 |
A factory for drilling and assembling wampum was started by J.W. Campbell in New Jersey |
| Fort Loudoun, Battle of |
March 20, 1760 |
Fort Loundoun, Tennessee attacked and besieged. |
| Quebec, Siege of |
April 27 - May 15, 1760 |
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| Sainte-Foy, Battle of |
April 28, 1760 |
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| Restigouche, Battle of |
July 3-8, 1760 |
Elements of the Royal Navy battled a small flotilla of French Navy vessels sent to relieve New France after the fall of Quebec. The loss of the flotilla hastened the fall of New France. (W) |
| Massacre of Fort Loudoun garrison |
August 9, 1760 |
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| Thousand Islands, Battle of the |
August 16-24, 1760 |
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| Fort Lévis, Siege of |
August 19-31, 1760 |
General Jeffrey Amherst sails down the St. Lawrence from Oswego, attacks and captures Fort Levis. |
| Montreal, Battle of |
September 6-8, 1760 |
Three British armies converge on Montreal forcing general capitulation of Canadian portion of New France which became a part of the British dominion. |
| Fort Edward Augustus |
1761-1763 |
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| Signal Hill, Battle of |
September 15, 1762 |
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| Paris, First Treaty of |
February 10, 1763 |
The Treaty of Paris and the Treaty of Hubertusburg together end the French and Indian War and the Seven Years War mark the beginning of an extensive period of British colonial and maritime dominance in America and elsewhere. |
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July 3, 1754 |
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