What Caused The Seven Years War? The seven years war is better known as the French Indian War.
George Washington was really someone who was a major player in this war.
In fact, Washington started the war by having hostilities when he shouldn’t have.
Unfortunately, Washington started out as less than a hero in world history. Washington was a 22 year old major in the Virginia militia. In addition Washington posessed no military experience of any sort beyond marching around Virginia.
British settlers had grown the original 13 colonies. And now began to move into and claim land in the wilderness. Western lands of those counties out in the western part of Pennsylvania and in the Ohio territory. But, the French had already claimed those lands and they started setting up forts along the Ohio river.
The governor of Virginia, which was the largest and most powerful colony at the time. Decided that it was trying to stop to French intrusions and sent Washington.
Washington and his men came upon a little clutch of French and Indians camped out about 58. And ordered his men to slaughter them.
That was not a wise thing to do.
Then Washington in retreat built a camp Fort Necessity in a ‘saucer’ of land rather than a hilltop. And then, so, so that theoretically you would see the enemy coming over the lips of the saucer and pick them off.
A ‘saucer’ of land makes for a good ski resort, but it does not seem to make for a very good strategic place. And so a troop of Indians and French troops in retaliation for Washington’s attack, slaughtered Washington’s men who were helpless in Fort Necessity.
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It’s fair to say, Washington started the world’s first truly global world war. A world war, multi continent, or one between multi continent player. When Washington fired those shots and set off the ensuing Seven Years War.
In conclusion, though Washington might have provided the spark to start the Seven Years War. Moreover, it was really an outgrowth of the war of the Austrian succession.
George Washington’s Account of the Capitulation of Fort Necessity
About 9 Oclock on the 3d of July the Enemy advanced with Shouts, & dismal Indian yells to our Intrenchments, but was opposed by so warm, spirited, and constant a fire, that to force the works in that way was abandoned by them. They then, from every little rising—tree—stump—Stone—and bush kept up a constant galding fire upon us; which was returned in the best manner we could till late in the afternn when their fell the most tremendous rain that can be conceived—filled our trenches with Water-Wet, not only the Ammunition in the Cartouch boxes and firelocks, but that which was in a small temporary Stockade in the middle of the Intrenchment called Fort Necessity erected for the sole purpose of its security, and that of the few stores we had; and left us nothing but a few (for all were not provided with them) Bayonets for defence.
In this situation & no ⟨prospt⟩ of bettering it terms of capitulation were offered to us by the ⟨enemy⟩ wch. with some alterations that were insisted upon were the more readily acceded to, as we had no Salt provisions, & but indifferently supplied with fresh; which, from the heat of the Weather, would not keep; and because a full third of our numbers Officers as well as privates were, by this time, killed or wounded. The next morning we marched out with the honors of War, but were soon plundered contrary to the Articles of capitulation of great part of our Baggage by the Savages.
Our Sick and wounded were left with a detachment under the care, and command of the worthy Doctr Craik (for he was not only Surgeon to the Regiment but a lieutt therein) with such necessaries as we could ⟨collect⟩ and the Remains of the Regimt, and the detachment of Regulars, took up their line for the interior Country. And at Winchester met 2 Companies from No. Carolina on their March to join them—These being fresh, & properly provided, were ordered to proceed to Wills’s Creek & establish a post (since ⟨illegible⟩ called Fort Cumberland) for the purpose of covering the Frontiers. Where they were joined by a Company from Maryland, which, about this time, had been raized—Captn McKay with his detachment remd at Winchester; & the Virginia Regiment proceedd to Alexandria in order to recruit, & get supplied with cloathing & necessarys of which they stood much in need.1
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