User:KyleCross19/Seven Years' War

Summary
The Seven Years' War, otherwise known as French and Indian War, was a global conflict that spanned five continents from 1756 to 1763 and is sometimes referred to as "The First World War." The war was sparked when George Washington was sent by the governor of Virginia as an envoy to the French, warning them to stay away from the area around today's Pittsburgh. After the French refused, George Washington and his men were embroiled in a skirmish with a French encampment, where a major French ensign Joseph Coulon de Jumonville was killed. George Washington knew of the impending consequences and ordered his men to construct a fort, which was named Fort Necessity. There was a battle over Fort Necessity between France and Great Britain, later turned America, on July 3, 1754. This battle would be the starting point of the French and Indian War on the North American continent. This battle marked the first, and only, surrender in George Washington's military career. Several other major battles took place, such as the Siege of Fort William Henry, Fort Ticonderoga, and Battle of the Plains of Abraham. The war soon ended in North America with The Treaty of Paris (1763).

The Beginning of the War in North America
The French and Indian War began in May of 1754 because of the competing claims between Britain and France. George Washington gave the command to fire on French soldiers near present-day Uniontown, Pennsylvania. This incident on the Pennsylvania frontier proved to be the event that ignited the imperial war. For the next decade, the frontier of British America and New France were home to many battles.