HY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: James Wolfe, French West Indies, Middle Colonies
29 May 2018
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IV. George Washington Inaugurates War with
France
1. The Ohio valley became a battleground among the Spanish, British and French
• Lush, fertile and very good land.
2. 1754 governor of Virginia sent 21 year old George Washington to the Ohio country as a
lieutenant colonel in command of about one hundred and fifty minute men.
• Encountering some French in the foment forty miles from Fort Buguense troops fired and
killed French leader.
• Later French returned and surrounded Washington’s crude Fort necessity and fought
)ndian Style ten hours and made him surrender.
• He was permitted to march away with full war honors.
V. Global war and colonial disunity
1. The fourth of these wars between Empires started in America unlike the first three.
• The French and Indian war a.k.a. seven years’ war began with Washington’s battle with
the French.
• It was England and Prussia vs. France, Spain, Austria and Russia.
• )n Germany Prussia Fredrick the Great won his title of Great by repelling French,
Austrian and Russian armies even though he was badly outnumbered three to one.
• Many Americans sought for the American colonies to unite, for strength lay in numbers.
2. In 1754 seven of the thirteen colonies met for an inter-colonial congress held in Albany,
New York
3. Albany Congress
• A month before congress, Ben Franklin published famous Join or die cartoon, featuring a
snake in pieces representing the colonists.
• Franklin helped unite the colonists in Albany, but failed because states and England didn’t
like it.
• It was a step toward unity.
VI. Braddock’s: Blundering and its Aftermath
1. In the beginning, the British sent haughty sixty year old General Edward Braddock to lead a
bunch of inexperienced soldiers with slow, heavy artillery. In a battle with the French, the
British were ambushed routed by French using )ndian tactics.
• In this battle, Washington reportedly had two horsed shot under him and four bullets
through his coat but never through him.
• Afterwards, the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina felt the Indian wrath, as
scalping occurred everywhere.
2. As the British tried to attack a bunch of strategic wilderness posts, defeat after defeat piled
up.
VII. Pitt’s Palms of Victory
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Document Summary
Austrian and russian armies even though he was badly outnumbered three to one. New york: albany congress snake in pieces representing the colonists. like it. Braddock"s: blundering and its aftermath: in the beginning, the british sent haughty sixty year old general edward braddock to lead a bunch of inexperienced soldiers with slow, heavy artillery. British were ambushed routed by french using (cid:498))ndian tactics(cid:499). Thirty two year old james wolfe, dashing and attractive to detail, commanded an army that boldly stalled chief wales of a part protecting. I. e. , the british refused to recognize any american officers above captain rank. trouble: brits were concerned with american secret trade with enemy during war. British forbid export of all supplies from new england and middle colonies. Parliament issued its proclamation of 1763, which prohibits settlement beyond. 1765- an estimated 1000 wagons rolled through the town of salisbury north carolina.
