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THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY

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Washington assumed command of the Virginia militia upon the death of Col. Joshua Fry and entrenched himself at a post that came to be called Fort Necessity (now Confluence, Pennsylvania), about 40 miles (60 km) from the French position at Fort Duquesne. On May 28 Washington’s forces engaged a French scouting party, killing the commander, Coulon de Jumonville, and nine others as well as taking 20 prisoners. Washington’s engagement with the French scouting party has become known to history as
A
the Battle of the French Armada.
B
the Battle of Bunker Hill.
C
the Battle of Quiberon Bay.
D
the Battle of Jumonville Glen.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Upon Fry’s death in May 1754, Washington assumed command of the militia and entrenched himself at a post that came to be called Fort Necessity (now Confluence, Pennsylvania), about 40 miles (60 km) from the French position at Fort Duquesne.

Detailed explanation-2: -George Washington’s military experience began in the French and Indian War with a commission as a major in the militia of the British Province of Virginia.

Detailed explanation-3: -George Washington, who had been a part of two failed efforts to take Fort Duquesne, commanded the Virginia militia forces attached to Brig. Gen. John Forbes’s expedition against the French stronghold at the Forks of the Ohio River from 1757-1758.

Detailed explanation-4: -Terms of Surrender Washington surrendered Fort Necessity to the French. One clause stated that Washington was guilty of the assassination of a French officer, Jumonville.

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