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Britain's War: The French And Indian War

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The French and Indian war. How did it begin? Who was on either side? This essay will clarify and answer those questions and more. So, to start things off let’s talk about how it began. The English didn’t really have as much land as the French did. Since the boundaries between Britain and France weren’t as strict, the English started pushing Northwest, towards the French more and more. What were they gonna do, just push the French back a bit? No. They were going to take their sites. The British aimed for Crown Point, Fort Niagara, and Fort Duquesne. This took longer than usual though, as George Washington describes: “Braddock (Their General) halted to level any mole hill and to erect bridges over every brook” They were going only twelve miles

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