<P> News of the two battles reached England in August . After several months of negotiations, the government of the Duke of Newcastle decided to send an army expedition the following year to dislodge the French . They chose Major General Edward Braddock to lead the expedition . Word of the British military plans leaked to France well before Braddock's departure for North America . In response, King Louis XV dispatched six regiments to New France under the command of Baron Dieskau in 1755 . The British sent out their fleet in February 1755, intending to blockade French ports, but the French fleet had already sailed . Admiral Edward Hawke detached a fast squadron to North America in an attempt to intercept them . </P> <P> In a second British action, Admiral Edward Boscawen fired on the French ship Alcide on June 8, 1755, capturing her and two troop ships . The British harassed French shipping throughout 1755, seizing ships and capturing seamen . These actions contributed to the eventual formal declarations of war in spring 1756 . </P> <P> An early important political response to the opening of hostilities was the convening of the Albany Congress in June and July, 1754 . The goal of the congress was to formalize a unified front in trade and negotiations with various Indians, since allegiance of the various tribes and nations was seen to be pivotal in the war that was unfolding . The plan that the delegates agreed to was neither ratified by the colonial legislatures nor approved of by the crown . Nevertheless, the format of the congress and many specifics of the plan became the prototype for confederation during the War of Independence . </P> <P> The British formed an aggressive plan of operations for 1755 . General Braddock was to lead the expedition to Fort Duquesne, while Massachusetts governor William Shirley was given the task of fortifying Fort Oswego and attacking Fort Niagara, and Sir William Johnson was to capture Fort St. Frédéric at present - day Crown Point, New York . Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton was to capture Fort Beauséjour to the east, on the frontier between Nova Scotia and Acadia . </P>

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