governor dinwiddie -- wouldn't you like to have that name? he says this. maybe we can have a microphone and have someone read this for us. can we go that route? who wants to do this for us? do not want to be on tv? all right, go ahead. >> we must not suspend or delay the proper measures to defend ourselves. all north america will be lost if these practices are tolerated, and no work can be worse than this, then the suffering of such insults as these. the truth is the french claim almost all of north america. and from whence they will drive us as soon as they please or as soon as there shall be a declared war. >> ok, so dinwiddie expresses this concern. the french are grabbing all of north america and they are becoming more aggressive. the concern is not just they will lose ohio. the concern is not there will be indian skirmishes over trade. the concern is they are going to lose all of north america. this concern is a little exaggerated. it is a concern that really is not based in that one act. it is instead based in a series of interpretations of a bunch o

dinwiddie expresses this concern. the french are grabbing all of north america and they are becoming more aggressive. the concern is not just they will lose ohio. the concern is not there will be skirmishes over trade. the concern is they are going to lose all of north america. this concern is a little exaggerated. it is a concern that really is not based in that one act. it is instead based in a series of interpretations of a bunch of all over north america, and even globally, where the french and british start to believe that the other is intent on taking them over. at the end of a series of colonial global wars, they probably are not totally wrong, but in this case, it is sort of reading into something very small something that ends up very large. colonistshe british do start to fight actively against the french, and it is not until 1756 it becomes a war in europe. but the fighting in north america starts in 1754. we're going to go through a real brief timeline and then i want to look at the individuals we will foc