Braddock Battle

The three day battle was action packed from start to finish. It all started at about 5:30 am, with a single shot fired over Marsh Creek. After a single shot, all hell broke loose. The Union suffered important losses, most notably the loss of General Reynolds. General Lee arrived on the battlefield near noon, after receiving word of the battle. A single Confederate division drove back two Union brigades, who retreated to Cemetery Hill. General Lee decided to attack the Union soldiers at Cemetery Hill to prohibit reinforcements. General Ewell declined the option to attack, and the first day of battle came to an end. Meanwhile, the Union gathered reinforcements as General Lee feared.

It was in the French and Indian war that Washington was able to develop certain skills and tools that would grant him success in the Revolution. When Governor Dinwiddie wished to form a military force for the frontier, it was Washington who was made lieutenant colonel. Previously, Washington had been used to carry an ultimatum to French troops at Fort Le Boeuf where he gained knowledge of the terrain. As lieutenant colonel, he attempted to control unruly men while making his way to the Ohio territory. Despite his instructions from Dinwiddie to “act on the Difensive,” Washington and his Indian allies surrounded French troops camped at a nearby glen and ambushed them. This battle resulted in the deaths of thirteen Frenchmen and twenty-one prisoners. Following the battle, the wounded leader of the French troops, Ensign Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, claimed that Washington attacked men on a diplomatic mission. Regardless of the true intent of the French, the battle of Jumonville Glen angered the French and they desired revenge. This, ultimately, led to the beginning of the French and Indian

Without French assistance, it is uncertain that the American colonies could have been a match over Britain's sizeable and well-equipped military. France clandestinely provided the American colonies with supplies and money, and upon formally declaring war on England in June 1778, also committed soldiers and naval fleets. With the French joining the naval war, Britain switched from an offensive strategy to a defensive strategy since their naval superiority is contested. Operations in America became secondary to defense of the British Isles and larger economic interests in the Caribbean. The ministry decided to defend and strike the French in West Indies, which was regarded as more valuable than the American colonies. The British militaries had to be dispersed in several theaters and spread so thin across the Atlantic and no longer concentrated on the colonies, which consequently lost the war in America (Middlekauff, p. 438). Britain’s failure to identify key locations to concentrate her Navy led to not able to secure their most strategically located

Since King William III was the English monarch at the time of the conflict, the first war was named the King William's War. This war is the extension of the European War of the Grand Alliance. The British failed to take Quebec, but they captured Port Royal. Although the French won at Schenectady, New York and in New England, they failed to take Boston. It was temporarily ended after nine years, from 1688 to 1697, with the Treaty of Ryswick.

During the Battle, both sides used different tactics and strategies. Burgoyne decided to go with a risky strategy of dividing his army into three columns, two towards Bemis Heights and one to follow the road that paralleled the Hudson. The American forces (led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold) placed expert riflemen (led by Daniel Morgan) in charge of taking out the left flank of the British (led by Simon Frasier). This strategy worked well for the Americans, of course until they ran out of ammunition.

The war was primarily fought along the colonies separating New France, from Virginia to Nova Scotia. France controlled the early part of the war, rounding up British forces. It wasn’t until 1757 that Britain truly threw all its resources

In the beginning of the early 1750s, France’s increase into the Ohio River valley frequently brought the country into armed conflict with the British colonies. In 1756, the British formally announced the war against France. During the first year of the war, the British went through a series of breakdown at the hands of the French and their broad network of Native American alliances. After all, in 1757, British Prime Minister William Pitt (the older) classify the potential of imperial extension that would come out of victory against the French and rented heavily to fund an expanded war effort. Pitt investment Prussia’s battle against France and her allies in Europe and paid the colonies for the raising of armies in North

The English send General Edward Braddock with Colonel Washington to capture the Fort Duquesne. The British troops marched toward the fort in a straight line. The French troops and their native allies fired at them from behind rocks and trees. The British lost. Braddock died in the battle.

The Battle of Bull Run, or First Manassas to the Confederate States of America, was the first major battle of the Civil War. The battle would be a rude wake up call for everyone entering the war. This paper will explore the various details of the battle, including its importance.

On top of this, the Royal navy was seizing U.S. navy and merchant ships and forcing U.S. sailors to serve in the British navy. By 1810, France let up on the trade restrictions that it was placing on the United States. Great Britian however, kept its trade restrictions with the U.S. in place, making war with them even more likely.

As Sir Washington was heading back from delivering the message, he saw a point of land at an intersection of Allegheny and the Monongahela form the Ohio, where he thought would be a brilliant idea to build a fort. Dinwiddie agreed to his suggestion therefore building Fort Prince George, but ended with the French coming and taking over changing the name to Fort Duquesne. Washington ended up moving to the Great Meadows where he and his troops decided in building a fort that would be called, Fort Necessity. Three days within encampment, Washington and 40 men went looking for a group of French that were seen about seven miles away from Chestnut Ridge. When finding the French they were made prisoners, killed the commander Joseph Coulon de Villiers, and several others were killed as well, especially since it was a surprise attack they surrendered. George Washington won that encounter but the French weren’t about to give up yet. Not to long after, French troops were sent out from Fort Duquesne and defeated the British which left the French in charge of the west Allegheny Mountains. In 1755, General Edward Braddock came from Britain to America as commander in chief I order to help Britain gain Fort Duquesne back. Again the British had failed, loosing men as well as General Braddock who passed away four days after the

During the time period before the War of 1812, Great Britain and France were at war with each other. Neither were very happy when America claimed its neutrality and traded with both countries. In retaliation, Britain proceeded to seize American ships that were trading with France. When Americans recognizing this, they used this reason to declare war on Britain in 1812. A source that supports this on a website by history.com titled “War of 1812” states, “At the outset of the 19th

The French and Indian War or The Seven Years War was the beginning of enmity between Great Britain and the colonies. The war was fought between Britain and France from 1754 to 1763 for dominance of the colonies in North America. The colonists fought alongside British soldiers and the Native American tribes fought alongside the French. The colonies wanted to overcome the French in North America and needed the Kings’ permission to raise armies and money to defend themselves. The war began in North America where Britain and

The major flaw of Braddock’s life was his large ego. First, he falsely believed he would undoubtedly be successful in North America because of his experience in Europe, and that many Americans would be eager to join his troops against the French because of this status. Also, he tragically underestimated the French and Indian opponents at Fort Duquesne by never rethinking his route as many suggested, and leading troops to the battlefield as if they were in a parade, not taking the battle seriously because he believed there was no way his troops could lose and definitely not as disastrously as they did. Then, during the battle, when his opponent began the use of guerilla warfare which was destroying his organized troops, Braddock refused to admit

After a deadlock in 1757, the war began to turn in favor of Great Britain. In 1757, British Prime Minister William Pitt, financed Prussia’s struggle against France and its allies in Europe. Pitt also then reimbursed the colonies for the raising of armies in North America. Pitt saw potential, and that same year British colonial forces defeated French forces in India. In 1759, Britain invaded and conquered Canada. Finally, when France attempted peace with Britain, Britain refused to sign the treaty. Spanish intervention in the Family Compact of 1761, declared that Spain would declare war on Great Britain if the war did not end before May 1, 1762. This added pressure to Great Britain, however, with their naval strength and Spanish ineffectiveness,