C. Albany Plan of Union In June 1754, representatives from New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland met to discuss: A way for the colonies to defend themselves To find a way to get the Iroquois to join them against the French.

2. Benjamin Franklin’s plan called for 11 colonies to have an elected legislature with the power to collect taxes, raise troops, and regulate trade. 3. Not one colonial assembly voted for it. No colony wanted to give up power.

D. Washington’s defeat marked the start of a full scale war known as the French and Indian War. 1. Called that because the colonists fought two enemies - the French and their Native American allies.

III. The French and Indian War A. This war that raged on from 1754 to 1763 was a part of a larger struggle between England and France for control of world trade and power on the seas.

B. At first, the British colonists (Americans) fought the French and Indians with little help. 1. However, this changed when the British learned of all the forts the French were building.

2. The British sent General Edward Braddock to drive the French out of the Ohio Valley.

C. Braddock set out to attack Fort Duquesne with red coated British soldiers and blue coated colonial soldiers. 1. Washington tried to warn Braddock that his armies style of marching was not suited for frontier fighting.

a. Lined up in columns and rows, the soldiers made easy targets.

2. In an attack on July 9, 1755 Braddock and his men were ambushed by the French and Killed A. Washington brought the survivors back to Virginia.

D. Britain Declares War on France The fighting in America helped start a new war in Europe, known as the Seven Years’ War. a. Prussia and England declared war on France. b. Prussia fought France in Europe, while England fought France in the Caribbean, India, and North America. 2. The beginning of the war was disastrous for the British and their American colonies.