battles of the french and indian war

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  • battle at fort necessity

    Washington's troops were being murdered or captured and this lead to him surrendering

  • fort beausejour

    The battle of fort Beausejour was one of the first battles of the French and Indian war. The Britsh wanted to capture this fort to gain control near Isthmus of Chignecto, which connects the peninsula with the rest of north America. Sadly, the French surrendered after 13 days.

  • Lake George

    In this battle there were 1,500 british soldiers and 300 moral indians controlled by William Johnson that defeated 3,500 french and indian allied forces under the command of Baron Dieska.

  • Louisbourg

    The british siege lasted a month and a half and for several weeks the barely made any progress in taking the fort. Surprisingly the british gained more power and the french surrendered on july 26, 1758.

  • ticonderoga

    Ticonderoga was also known as fort Carillon and was located on lake Champlain that protected a portage to lake George. It was also in new france.

  • Fort Frontenac

    There were 2,200 soldiers under the comand of John Bradstreet and the French were unfortunately out numbered by a lot so there was no other choice but to surrender.

  • fort duquesne

    battle of fort Duquesne was the first major war In the French and Indian war. After fort necessity was burnt to the ground the british attempted to take fort Duquesne but was defeated once again

  • Fort Niagra

    The British plan was to exterminate all French forts on the Ohio valley and the great lakes. British forces ran by John Prideaux and William Johnson defeated the French in 20 days on July 26, 2016.

  • Quebec

    13,000 french forces under the command of Louis Joseph de Montcalm fought 13,500 british soldiers with 1,944 guns and 49 ships.There was a lot of fighting of going back and forth until the french returned with 7,000 soldiers but they were forced to go back to montreal.

  • Thousand islands

    Gun shots were fired for many days straight. British ships either sunk or were useless while gunshots were still being fired by french troops until british lost.

  • montreal

    18,000 british forces under the command of Jeffrey Amherst besieged montreal. There were only 2,100 french troops stayed to protect the city and french forces had no other choice but to surrender.