Native Americans
French and Indian War Chronology
1754-1763

Date	Northern Events	Western Events	Other Events
1753
		French begin construction of forts in West, including Ft. Duquesne (1754)
1754
May 28		Washington defeats French party; builds Fort Necessity
June			Albany Congress
July 3		Washington defeated at Great Meadows
1755
June	British victory at Ft. Beauséjour (Nova Scotia)
July 9		Braddock defeated
Summer		Shirley fails at Fort Niagara
September	Johnson victory at Lake George
September	Johnson fails at Crown Point
October	Expulsion of Acadians begins
1756
May			Seven Years' War begins as Britain declares war on France
Spring		Washington begins patrolling Western frontier
August 14-15		Montcalm takes Fort Oswego
1757
August 9		Montcalm takes Fort William Henry
1758
			William Pitt heads British war effort
July	Abercromby fails at Fort Carillon
July 27	Amherst takes Louisbourg
August 27	Bradstreet takes Fort Frontenac
November 25	Forbes occupies Fort Duquesne
1759: "The Year of Victories"
June	Siege of Québec begins
June 26		Johnson at Fort Niagara
July-August	Amherst at Ticonderoga and Crown Point
September 13	Fall of Québec
October	Rogers' Rangers raid St. Francis Abenaki
1760
September 8	Montreal surrenders
1761
			George III dismisses Pitt
1763
July 31		Battle of Bloody Run
August 5-6		Battle of Bushy Run
			Treaty of Paris signed

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