THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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present a declaration of war
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plan to divide up the Ohio River Valley
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recruit new Indian allies to attack the French
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tell the French to leave immediately
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1752, he joined the British army and served as a colonel in the French and Indian War. When the war ended, Washington left the army and returned home to Virginia to manage Mount Vernon, the plantation he had recently inherited upon the death of his older brother.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British government sent over a representative, 21-year-old George Washington, to demand that the French relinquish their fort and return back to their own settlements.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1754 Washington’s surprise attack upon a small French force at Jumonville Glen and his subsequent surrender to French forces at the Battle of Fort Necessity helped to spark the French and Indian War, which was part of the imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War.
Detailed explanation-4: -Construction began in April 1754 after the French dismantled a small British trading post known as Fort Prince George, or Trent’s Fort, established that February. Fort Duquesne was a small square fort with bastions at each corner and two ravelins surrounded by a dry ditch.