THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Ben Franklin
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George Washington
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Thomas Jefferson
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Aaron Burr
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first U.S. president’s celebrated military career actually started out quite poorly, in the French and Indian War. George Washington first saw armed conflict in 1754, when he was 22 years old and still had all his teeth.
Detailed explanation-2: -As tensions between the British and French escalated in the 1750s, both sides began to build forts in the Ohio Valley and prepare for war. Then on May 28, 1754, a young British American colonist, George Washington, fired the first shot of the French and Indian War at the Battle of Jumonville Glen.
Detailed explanation-3: -General Marquis de Lafayette Enamored of the American Revolution, Lafayette sailed from France to the United States in 1777, with hopes of joining Washington’s army. Within months of his arrival, the nineteen-year-old had befriended the American Commander in Chief and fought with him at Brandywine.