 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Washington akapiwa basa rokutungamirira Virginia Regiment pakafa Fry, uye akatungamirira chikwata ichocho kupinda muOhio River Valley paakarayirwa naDinwiddie Innes asati agadzwa kuva mukuru wake. Musi waMay 28, 1754, boka raWashington, pamwe chete nevaMingo vomunzvimbomo vaiva mubatanidzwa, vakashamisa boka reFrance, vachiuraya Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, mutungamiriri weboka racho. Ipapo uto guru ravarwi veFrance rakaenda kunobata Washington, uye pana July 3, 1754, rakamurwisa paFort Necessitypedyo neyava kunzi Farmington, Pennsylvania, uye vakamanikidza muVirginia kuti azviise pasi. Dinwiddie akapomera Matthew Rowan, mubati wehurumende yeNorth Carolina, kukundwa, achitaura kuti dai varume vaInnes vakaungana nenguva, vangadai vakaperekedza Washington kumuganhu. Kunyange zvakadaro, kurwisana uku kwakaratidza kutanga kwokurwisana pakati peFrance neEngland, uko pakazosvika 1755 kwakanga kwapedzisira kwava kurwa pachena. 