HIST 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Smallpox, Salutary Neglect
5 Feb 2018
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History to 1877: february 5, 2018- war in north america. Colonel washington and 160 militiamen went to the governor of virginia and went to (today) pittsburg and try and deal with a previous fort that colonists had taken over called fort duquesne. They create a makeshift fort about 40 miles away and decide what to do. A french detachment to the british came by like gw did in: washington and his men lay an ambush for the detachment and end up killing. : he signed a surrender document saying he knew what happened (was he confused by the translation). He took the official responsibility for the attack and its known as the first world war. English reinforcements: english native allies begin to leave because they know bad things are coming. About a month later, the english attack fort necessity (approximately 1,100. Image control: gw regiment disbanded and resignation of gw (v. demotion)
