1. October 1753
1753 Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia wanted to tell the French to stop building forts in the Ohio Valley
He needed a man who was familiar with the Ohio territory.
Young George Washington offered to deliver the news for the governor
Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia

2. 1754 General Washington starts building Fort Necessity

3. The Battle of Fort Necessity lasted one day. May 1754

4. May 1754 General Washington surrenders Fort Necessity

5. IN the summer of 1754 Ben Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union
IN the summer of 1754 Ben Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union. The plan called for all the colonies to unite against France.
The council would make laws, raise taxes, and set up defense of the colonies against the French.
Without this union Franklin believed the colonies would be doomed.