THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Let the dogs out
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leave, abandon your forts
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get french fries and hamburger
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make your bed and clean your room
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Detailed explanation-1: -Governor Robert Dinwiddie sent 21-year-old Major George Washington of the Virginia Regiment on a mission to confront the French forces. Washington was to deliver a message from the governor demanding that the French leave the region and halt their harassment of English traders.
Detailed explanation-2: -Washington began the war with the expedition to the French, ordering them to leave British-claimed territory. He ended the war when the French were quickly losing territory and in retreat.
Detailed explanation-3: -Battle of Fort Necessity, also called the Battle of the Great Meadows, (3 July 1754), one of the earliest skirmishes of the French and Indian War and the only battle George Washington ever surrendered.
Detailed explanation-4: -Terms of Surrender The British were allowed to withdraw with the honors of war, retaining their baggage and weapons, but having to surrender their swivel guns. Washington surrendered Fort Necessity to the French. One clause stated that Washington was guilty of the assassination of a French officer, Jumonville.
Detailed explanation-5: -Having been surrounded by French and Indian forces, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington and his Virginia militia were forced to surrender on July 3, 1754.