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In Pennsylvania, [[Benjamin Franklin]] played a crucial role in organizing the defense of the colony over the objections of thepacifistic Quakers.
In Pennsylvania, [[Benjamin Franklin]] played a crucial role in organizing the defense of the colony over the objections of thepacifistic Quakers.
==Battles==
==Battles==
France sent troops to fight the war but with fewer than 10,000 local militia from the locals, it was always outnumbered. Louisbourg fell to the British in 1758, Quebec in 1759, and Montreal in 1760.
===Braddock's defeat===
===Braddock's defeat===
The war began when British troops under General Edward Braddock on their way to oust the French from Fort Duquesne (modern Pittsburgh) in 1755 were ambushed and defeated by French troops and their Indian allies at the battle of the Wilderness. Virginia colonel [[George Washington]] took over when Braddock was killed and led a successful retreat back to Virginia.
The war began when British troops under General Edward Braddock on their way to oust the French from Fort Duquesne (modern Pittsburgh) in 1755 were ambushed and defeated by French troops and their Indian allies at the battle of the Wilderness. Virginia colonel [[George Washington]] took over when Braddock was killed and led a successful retreat back to Virginia.
* Leckie, Robert. ''"A Few Acres of Snow": The Saga of the French and Indian Wars.'' (1999). 388 pp. popular history
* Leckie, Robert. ''"A Few Acres of Snow": The Saga of the French and Indian Wars.'' (1999). 388 pp. popular history
* Nester, William R. ''The Great Frontier War: Britain, France and the Imperial Struggle for North America, 1607-1755'' (2000) also published as ''The First Global War: Britain, France, and the Fate of North America, 1756-1775.'' 320 pp.
* Nester, William R. ''The Great Frontier War: Britain, France and the Imperial Struggle for North America, 1607-1755'' (2000) also published as ''The First Global War: Britain, France, and the Fate of North America, 1756-1775.'' 320 pp.
* Titus, James. ''The Old Dominion at War: Society, Politics, and
* Titus, James. ''The Old Dominion at War: Society, Politics, and Warfare in Late Colonial Virginia.'' (1991). 213 pp.
Warfare in Late Colonial Virginia.'' (1991). 213 pp.
====Notes====
====Notes====