General Jeffrey Amherst leads the English to victory over
Louisbourg; French general Montcalm successfully defends Fort Carillon against an English
assault; English colonel John Bradstreet captures Fort Frontenac and carries the fort's
supplies to the site of Oswego, on Lake Ontario; Easton treaty is signed between the
Pennsylvania colonial government and the Delawares, settling boundary questions; As
General Forbes marches on Fort Duquesne with English troops, the fort is abandoned and
burned by the French. The English begin construction of Fort Pitt on the site.
1757