THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Purple Plain
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Ohio Valley
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Big Valley
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Deep Valley
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Detailed explanation-1: -George Washington was a raw and ambitious 21-year old when he was first sent to the Ohio Valley to confront the growing French presence in the region. His actions sparked the French and Indian War.
Detailed explanation-2: -October 1753-Governor Dinwiddie sent George Washington to tell the French to stop building forts in the Ohio Valley. The French paid no attention to the warning. May 1754-Washington built Fort Necessity.
Detailed explanation-3: -George Washington’s forays into the Ohio country shaped his career and sparked a global war. In 1753, Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia ordered a young, ambitious 21-year old George Washington on a mission deep into the Ohio Country to confront the French.
Detailed explanation-4: -Since the colony of Virginia also claimed this region, Virginian lieutenant governor Robert Dinwiddie sent Major George Washington with a small expedition to order the removal of the French forts in late 1753.