THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Braddock successfully defeated the French at Fort Duquesne and ended the French and Indian War.
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The French chose to retreat before Braddock’s army and abandoned Fort Duquesne.
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Braddock and his army built an opposing fort that they named Fort Pitt.
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Braddock’s army was destroyed by the French army in the wilderness outside of Fort Duquesne.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Braddock expedition, also called Braddock’s campaign or (more commonly) Braddock’s Defeat, a failed British military expedition, attempted to capture the French Fort Duquesne (established in 1754, located in what is now downtown Pittsburgh) in the summer of 1755, during the French and Indian War of 1754 to 1763.
Detailed explanation-2: -Both Braddock and Beaujeu were killed in action during the battle, with Braddock being mortally wounded in the fight and dying during the retreat near present-day Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He specifically asked for George Washington, who accompanied him on the march, to oversee his burial.
Detailed explanation-3: -Braddock’s Defeat, or the Battle of the Monongahela, was the most important battle prior to the American Revolution, carrying with it enormous consequences for the British, French, and Native American peoples of North America.