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=**Message to the French**=

Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie sent George Washington with a message to the French to get off of British land. The French were west of the Appalachian Mountains building a series of forts to connect New France with Louisiana. Britain and France were rivals in Europe and in the colonies for power. The French told Washington that it was French land. Washington returned with the message to Dinwiddie.



Washington's map of the Ohio River and surrounding region containing notes on French intentions, 1753 or 1754.

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