British Troops and Virginia militia fight against French leaded by the following
Explanation :
- In the first engagement of the French and Indian War, a Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeats a French reconnaissance party in southwestern Pennsylvania.
- September 9, 1755: The Battle of Lake George British Colonel William Johnson's forces win, making Johnson the first British hero of the war. May 8-9, 1756: Declarations of War Great Britain declares war on France.
- When George Washington was selected by the Continental Congress to lead the rebel efforts in New England in 1775, he was put in command of troops primarily from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. There were no troops from Virginia when he received the job, other than himself and his two horses.
- The primary allies were France, Spain, and the Netherlands with France giving the most support. Why did they want to help colonists? European nations had a number of reasons why they aided the American colonies against Britain.
- The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
- One result of the french and indian war was that england: reduced colonial taxes wanted the colonies to help pay for the war gave the colonies their freedom erased all colonial dissatisfactions.