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The war did not begin well for the British. The British Government sent [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199845328/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0199845328&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=2ad7b476f8a23747bd3854f3a9e46716 General Edward Braddock] to the colonies as commander in chief of British North American forces, but he alienated potential Indian allies and colonial leaders failed to cooperate with him. On July 13, 1755, Braddock died after being mortally wounded in an ambush on a failed expedition to capture Fort Duquesne in present-day Pittsburgh. The war in North America settled into a stalemate for the next several years, while in Europe the French scored an important naval victory and captured the British possession of Minorca in the Mediterranean in 1756. However, after 1757 the war began to turn in favor of Great Britain. British forces defeated French forces in India, and in 1759 British armies invaded and conquered Canada.

====France's faces Defeat====