SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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It was attacked by the French, and the British abandon it.
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It was attacked by the Cherokee, and the French had to abandon it.
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It was attacked by the Cherokee, and the British had to abandon it.
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It was attacked by the British, and the French had to abandon it.
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Detailed explanation-1: -After 16 Cherokee chiefs who were being held hostage at Fort Prince George were killed by the garrison on February 16, the Cherokee laid siege to Fort Loudoun on March 1760. The fort’s garrison held out for several months, but diminishing supplies forced its surrender in August 1760.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 9, 1760, 180 men, with 60 women and children, left Fort Loudoun to begin a long overland march to South Carolina settlements. A day later, near Tellico Plains, approximately 700 Cherokees attacked the retreating soldiers and their families, killing three officers, 23 soldiers, and three women.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the timeline of the world, the fort existed for a mere blink-from 1756-1765. Then the British abandoned it and Matthew Patton reclaimed his farm. But what happened in Fort Loudoun’s brief life is noteworthy 250 years later.
Detailed explanation-4: -The siege of Fort Loudoun was an engagement during the Anglo-Cherokee War fought from February 1760 to August 1760 between the warriors of the Cherokee led by Ostenaco and the garrison of Fort Loudoun (in what is now Tennessee) composed of British and colonial soldiers commanded by Captain Paul Demeré.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Cherokee killed 23 soldiers, 3 women, and took 120 hostages. The Cherokee viewed the deaths as justified since the British had killed Cherokee prisoners at Fort Prince George and had not kept the terms of the surrender. The British referred to the event as the Fort Loudoun Massacre.