USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Governor Robert Dinwiddie sent 21-year-old Major George Washington of the Virginia Regiment on a mission to confront the French forces. Washington was to deliver a message from the governor demanding that the French leave the region and halt their harassment of English traders.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In 1753 Dinwiddie sent Washington on a mission to deliver a letter to the French, in which he demanded the French leave the Ohio River Valley. Washington met with the French at Fort LeBoeuf, where the commander, not surprisingly, politely but firmly refused to leave.

Detailed explanation-5: -The British government sent over a representative, 21-year-old George Washington, to demand that the French relinquish their fort and return back to their own settlements.