The English did not start this conflict (at least not in North America). The French moved south from Canada and set up a fort in what is now Pittsburgh (Fort Duquense). Gov. Dinwiddie in Virginia sent a young colonial militiaman with assorted colonists to tell the French to get out. The young colonel was Washington and the rest is history.
The French were also going to invade New England but a major storm swamped their boats and sunk many of them.