The world: historical and actual . lonists werealarmed, for everywhere the French secured Indianalliance. In 1755 Gen. Braddock, in command of the Brit-ish and Colonial forces on the frontier, undertookto capture Fort DuQuesne, the key to the Ohio val-ley. They were attacked in the woods by the In-dians. The British could only fire in platoons,says Thalheimer, hitting rocks and trees muchoftener than Indians, while the colonists, springing behind trees, took aim with effect. Braddock wasmortally wounded. The retreat of his regulars wascovered by the colonists with such gallantry that itgave th
The world: historical and actual . lonists werealarmed, for everywhere the French secured Indianalliance. In 1755 Gen. Braddock, in command of the Brit-ish and Colonial forces on the frontier, undertookto capture Fort DuQuesne, the key to the Ohio val-ley. They were attacked in the woods by the In-dians. The British could only fire in platoons,says Thalheimer, hitting rocks and trees muchoftener than Indians, while the colonists, springing behind trees, took aim with effect. Braddock wasmortally wounded. The retreat of his regulars wascovered by the colonists with such gallantry that itgave their commander, Washington, a reputationthroughout the colonies for coolness, bravery andskill. It is probable that to Braddocks defeat isthis country and the world indebted for the publicservices of George Washington. The success of the French over the English in the Ohio wilderness stimulated a movement for a closer union. All the colonies north of the Potomac sent delegates to a convention held at Albany. Benjamin 1 Franklin was. THE EXILE OF THE ACADIANS. a delegate. Hepresented aplan of unionwhich the con-vention accept-ed. But theEnglish Boardof Trade, al-though it hadat first been infavor of union,prudently veto-ed the Franklinplan. Manyof the colonistswere pleasedwith the veto,apprehensive oflosing colonialindividuality in a union of the colonies. The Frenchwar was early transferred from the remote valley ofthe Ohio to the east, especially to northern NewYork. At this period eighty per cent, of NorthAmerica belonged to France, sixteen per cent, toSpain, and four per cent, to England. The great event of the culminating war betweenthe French and the English in the new world wasthe capture of Quebec in 1759. That strongholdwas defended by the brave Montcalm and assailedby the gallant General Wolfe. Gaining access tothe Plains of Abraham by a secret path and inthe night, Wolfe led a charge at daybreak. Thearmies were about equal in number. Both generalswere mortally wounded.
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