USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Washington returned to Great Meadows and in the following weeks readied for battle. Fearing that the French and Indians would attack in retribution for his earlier attack on them, he pushed his men to complete the small, palisaded fort called Fort Necessity and deepen the trenches that radiated out from the fort.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hoping to defend against an imminent attack by French soldiers, a young George Washington built a fort of necessity in a natural meadow in present-day Pennsylvania. Fort Necessity was the site of the first battle of the French and Indian War.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Fort Necessity Story The confrontation at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the prelude to the war fought by England and France for control of the North American continent. The struggle was known in North America as the French and Indian War and spread around the world as the Seven Years’ War.