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1756 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

The Seven Years' War sees British and French forces battle each other to claim the area of the upper Ohio River Valley. Both sides are supported in their efforts by a number of Native American tribes. Eventually the British are the victors.

1804 SACAGAWEA MEETS LEWIS AND CLARK

The Shoshone woman Sacagawea meets Meriwether Lewis and William Clark while six months' pregnant. She, alongside her French-Canadian husband and later

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