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Spring Virginia militia officer George Washington leads colonial troops into the Ohio River valley in order to affirm British claims to the region.
28 May Washington defeats a French reconnaissance party near Fort Duquesne, sparking the French and Indian War.
19 June Colonial leaders in British North America assemble in Albany to discuss common defense against the French and to enlist the support of the Iroquois Confederacy.
4 July A large contingent of French and Native Americans besieges Fort Necessity at Great Meadows and forces Washington to capitulate.
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