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Background of the War
The French and Indian War was a very important war in American
History. The French and Indian War was the fourth war between the British
and the French in less than one century. The war was fought because of
conflicts over newly found and won lands. The French wanted the North American
land for fur trading and fur trapping. The British wanted the North American
land for more control and profit. Since the British won the war , the war
awarded them more power and control over North America which is what they
had hoped for in the first place. Indians decided which side to be
on depending on what goods they'd get from which side. George Washington's
part in the war was, at first, training and commanding the militia-men.
Then he had hoped for a high position in the British Army but wound up
a volunteer soldier for the British Army. But, still, he was a much
better soldier, physically and mentally, than a volunteer soldier.
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French and Indian Army
The French and Indian side fought for North American
land for fur trapping and trading. The French and Indians strategy
for fighting was hiding behind trees and bushes in the woods to camouflage
themselves and surprise the enemy, which, in this case was the British.
They camouflaged pretty well too because their non-professional uniforms
were brown or tan colored. The Indians were mostly on the French side since
they had made friends with the French from earlier trades. The French
did not destroy Indian lands as many of the British did. The French,
in the end of the war, were not getting supplies into their army because
the British had blockaded France. The French and Indians won a lot
of battles fought in the wilderness. The blockade, though, was part of
the reason the French and Indian side lost the war. |
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The British Army
The British were unable to get many people to join there army from the
Indian tribes and colonists but they still had many British soldiers and
a very powerful army. The Iroquois had a hard time deciding which side
to join because the French and them were enemies. So, you see they had
to decide which side to join but they joined the British because the British
promised them British goods like guns and ammunition. Later in the French
and Indian War the Iroquois decided to leave the British because of mistreating
and other things but not wanting to join the French became neutral. In
1758 the British army along with their Indian Allies captured Louisburgh
and from there kept capturing French fort after French fort until they
blockaded France so the French army could not get any supplies. At the
time of the blockade William pitt was the commander of the British army.
He took Braddock's place because Braddock had been shot and killed in one
of the fiercest armies which george had just escaped. It was a battle
on the way to Ft, Dusque. This battle the British lost. |
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George And The War
George Washington fought, commanded, and trained the militia-men up until
the point where George's brother died. After the death George visited
home to run the plantation. When he returned he learned orders from the
British and resigned to go home. He wrote Braddock, the commander of the
British army, asking for a position in his army. When he received only
a low position he refused it and joined the volunteer army hoping to impress
Braddock so that he would let George have a higher position in Braddock's
army. As a militia-man he fought in the battle at Ft. Necessity in
the French and Indian War and won. But one time, while marching, Braddock
was going to bring wagons into the woods. George told him not to
because there was no roads. He also told him not to bring the army
into the woods because the army's red coats could be seen from miles away.
Braddock left the wagons behind but still went through the woods which
gave them a chance of being attacked. These deeds were some of the many
deeds of George Washington and the French and Indian War. |
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George Information
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/gwashington.html
French and Indian War http://www.stjohnsprep.org/htdocs/sjp_tec/projects/internet/french.htm
Biography
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/gw1.html
More French and Indian War Information
http://web.syr.edu/~laroux/history/hismenu.html
French and Indian War Pictures
http://www.mohicanpress.com/mo08020.html
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