For more than a century and a half, from 1607 to 1763, Britain
and France struggled to master the eastern half of North America.
They fought five blood-soaked wars and continuously provoked
various Indian tribes to raise arms against each other's subjects
for the mastery of the land. The last French and Indian War, from
1754 to 1760, would dwarf all previous conflicts in the number of
troops, expense, geographical expanse, and total casualties.
Placing the French and Indian War in a broad historical context,
this study examines the struggle for North America during the two
preceding centuries and includes not only the conflict between
France and Britain, but also the parts played by various Indian
tribes and the other European powers.
The last French and Indian War makes for colorful reading with
its array of inept and daring commanders, epic heroism among the
troops, far-flung battles and sieges, and creaking fleets of
warships. Ironically, America's most famous founder, George
Washington, helped to spark the war, first by trudging through the
wilderness in the dead of winter with a message from Virginia
Governor Dinwiddie to the French to abandon their forts in the
upper Ohio River valley, then a half year later by ordering the
war's first shots when his troops ambushed Captain Jumonville, and
finally when he ignominiously surrendered his force at Fort
Necessity and unwittingly signed a surrender document in French
naming himself Jumonville's assassin. Topical chapters discuss the
economic, political, social, and military attributes of the
participants, and narrative chapters examine the campaigns of the
war's first two years.
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