Seven Years' War
Global war that reshaped European and colonial power.
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European warfare at the time relied on disciplined regular armies equipped with flintlock muskets, bayonets, and smoothbore artillery.[1] The Seven Years' War was a worldwide conflict whose first engagements occurred in 1754, when a force led by George Washington ambushed French troops at Jumonville Glen on 28 May, and the French then forced Washington's surrender at Fort Necessity on 3 July.[2]
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They also wanted access to the fertile Ohio River Valley for new colonists.[3] The French built Fort Duquesne at the strategic Forks of the Ohio River.[2] George Washington led a colonial militia force that ambushed a French party at Jumonville Glen on 28 May 1754.[2] Britain and France did not negotiate after these clashes and sent regular troops to North America.[4]
Britain allied with Prussia in the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756, while Austria sided with France.[5] After Washington's ambush at Jumonville Glen on 28 May 1754 killed ten French soldiers including their commander, the French responded by attacking Washington's army at Fort Necessity on 3 July 1754, compelling him to surrender.[2]
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- Wikipedia, "Seven Years' War" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Seven Years' War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Anderson 2007, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FFO2clqJCqMC&pg=PA17 p. 17]; Anderson 2007, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FFO2clqJCqMC&pg=PA17 p. 17] (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Seven Years' War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Anderson 2007, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FFO2clqJCqMC&pg=PA17 p. 17] (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Seven Years' War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Anderson 2007, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FFO2clqJCqMC&pg=PA17 p. 17]; Anderson 2007, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FFO2clqJCqMC&pg=PA17 p. 17]; Anderson 2006, p. 77 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Seven Years' War" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schweizer 1989, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rfacoIz38n0C&pg=PA15 pp. 15–16] (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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