The French and Indian War has gone…

January 1758 CE

The French and Indian War has gone very poorly for the British, whose military has met few of its objectives.

William Pitt has gained full control of the direction of British military efforts in the Seven Years' War in the wake of a string of French victories in 1757 in North America, coupled with military setbacks in Europe.

Embarking on a strategy that emphasizes defense in Europe, where France is strong, and offense in North America, where France is weak, he resolves to attack New France (the colonial holdings of France in North America) in three strategic campaigns.

Large-scale campaigns are planned to capture Fort Duquesne on the Pennsylvania frontier and the fortress at Louisbourg (on Île-Royale, now known as Cape Breton Island).

The third campaign, assigned to General James Abercrombie, is to launch an attack against Canada through the Champlain Valley.

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Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour View → Charles Lawrence View → Edward Boscawen View → Edward Whitmore View → George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe View → George II of Great Britain View → James Abercrombie View → James Wolfe View → Jean Vauquelin View → Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst View → John Henry Bastide View → Louis-Joseph Beaussier de l'Isle View → Louis-Joseph de Montcalm View → Robert Rogers View → Thomas Gage View → William Johnson, 1st Baronet View → William Pitt View →

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Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) View → Abenaki people (Amerind tribe) View → Mohawk people (Amerind tribe) View → Wyandot, or Wendat, or Huron people (Amerind tribe) View → Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) View → New France (French Colony) View → Shawnees, or Shawanos (Amerind tribe) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Ohio Country View → New York, Province of (English Colony) View → New Hampshire, English royal Province of View → Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony) View → New Jersey (English Colony) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Nova Scotia (British Colony) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, French View → Colonization of the Americas, British View → French and Indian War View → Louisbourg, Siege of (1758) View →

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Conflict View →

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