arrived French. Their punishment was bloodshed as the French attacked them for not conceding to French authority. The British stood by as their allies died and did nothing. Relations with all Europeans began to decline rapidly.

In 1754 the colonies are introduced to George Washington. No one knew at the time that this young man was to become one of the most renown colonists of all time. He was sent by the British to go through the Ohio Valley and remove all French influence. He met with little success. On his return he got into a skirmish that many historians call the start of the French and Indian War. War erupted throughout the Ohio Valley and the areas up to Canada as the French had begun to build fortsto stake their claims. The British would have none of that. The last of the fighting ended in 1760 though officially it did not end until 1763 when the Treaty of Paris was signed. The results? Major shifts in the New World.

The French lost Canada to Britain. That is why today there are large populations that speak French while the currency shows Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain. The Louisiana territory was signed over to Spain. Britain became the powerhouse of North America. The colonists gained experience that would serve them in their own revolution. The British went into major debt that caused them to ask the colonists for more money to recoup the colonial war costs. This all led to the American Revolution that created a whole new