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Empires at War Other Books by the Author William Ellery: A Rhode Island Politico and Lord of Admiralty Rebels Under Sail: The American Navy in the Revolution The American Revolution: Changing Perspectives (coeditor) The Raron of Reacon Hill: A Riography of John Hancock Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy, 1783-1815 Under Two Flags: The American Navy in the Civil War Silas Talbot: Captain of Old Ironsides Samuel Adams Radical Puritan America and the Sea: A Maritime History (coauthor) The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763 Empires at War William M. Fowler Jr. Copyright © 2005 by William M. Fowler Jr. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. First published in the United States of America in 2005 by Walker Publishing Company, Inc. This paperback edition published by Walker in 2006 Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Walker & Company, 104 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10011. Art Credits: (neg. 604), (neg. 4482), (neg. 83497), (neg. 10597), (neg. 27665), (neg. 11235), (neg. 41109), (neg. 96944), (neg. 3916), (neg. 34215), (neg. 100619), (neg. 21457), (neg. 18752), and (neg. 5805) National Archives Canada. Massachusetts Historical Society. Library of Congress, Maps Division. McCord Museum of Canadian History. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. John Carter Brown Library, Brown University. Washington and Lee University (Washington/Custis/Lee Collection). National Portrait Gallery, London. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Fowler, William M., 1944-Empires at war : the French and Indian War and the struggle for North America, 1754-1763 / William M. Fowler, Jr. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. eISBN: 978-0-80271935-5 1. United States—History—French and Indian War, 1754-1763. I. Title. E199.F78 2005 973.2'6—dc22 2004043064 Book design by RLF Design Book composition by Coghill Composition Company Visit Walker & Company's Web site at www.walkerbooks.com Printed in the United States of America by Quebecor World Fairfield 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 To my father— a member of the "Greatest Generation"

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On May 28, 1754, a group of militia and Indians led by twenty-two-year-old major George Washington surprised a camp of sleeping French soldiers near present-day Pittsburgh. Washington could not have known it, but the brief and deadly exchange of fire that ensued lit the match that, in Horace Walpole
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