The French and Indian War

Believed to be the original World War involving three continents and the Caribbean, The French and Indian War is considered one of the bloodiest wars of the 18th century. Product of the rivalry between the British and French, the war managed to take more lives than the American Revolution . Tensions between the British and French in America had been rising for some time, as each side wanted to increase its land. The French and Indian War , began in November 1753, when the young Virginian major George Washington and a number of men headed out into the Ohio region with the mission to deliver a message to a French captain demanding that French troops withdraw from the territory. The demand was rejected. In 1754, Washington received authorization to build a fort near the present site of Pittsburgh. He was unsuccessful because of the strong French presence in the area. In May, Washington's troops clashed with local French forces, a skirmish that ultimately resulted in Washington having to surrender the meager fort he had managed to build just one month later. The incident set off a string of small battles. In 1755, The British sent General Edward Braddock to oversee the British Colonial forces, but instead was met with his death by the French troops. Finally war was openly declared in 1756 and led to a number of battles fought by British and French, in which the French kept an undefeated strike. All events which led to the following notorious documents,  Treaty of Paris,The Sugar Act, became known for the fact that they raised taxes on major necessities.