France and the colonies were arguing over the border west of the Appalachian mountains.
France tried to force the settlers out by capturing several of their trading posts and destroying Native American villages that supported the colonies.
Colonel Washington and his men made their own stockade called Fort Necessity and the French easily captured it.
When word spread to King James he declared war.
After a long amount of fighting and Britain losing, small pox broke out in some Native French allies, Britain won.
After 7 years of fighting Britain was in large debt and their solution was to tax the colonists. The colonists were not very happy and started to detest the English.
