Notes for Part 1

1750- Britain hold east coast

Canada- Mississippi valley- French

Ohio company- empty up for grabs

Both France and Britain want the forks of the Ohio- (Pittsburgh)

Natives own it

Half King is willing to talk to it.

Any friendship with English will not escape the French.

Women elders provide council for important decisions

Indians prefer French

Good trade? Alliance with Britain would be good.

 Natives rely on European good for survival

Wampum- war/peace/friendship- no negotiation would be complete

Half king- playing a game between British and French

British- Except belt- living together as one. Talking for a week. Agrees to the Virginians to have a small trading post at the edge of the forks.

French not going to give up forks without a fight.

Gw helped natives go against French- first taste of war

Makes plans to comnfrount French and take back the forks- half king be britsh alliy

Only Indian alli leaves

Fench come with their Indian alliys

Washington intends to fight face to face in the field.

Battle of necessity- bad one for Washington- open field. Why Half king left

Coundt read French- signed a document that said he assassinated someone.

Half king was assassinated by naticves because he  acts on his own- starts the coming of a war. Political reason- withouth the backing of the iriquiois group.

French go to canansda

British go to____
Edward brafdict- British general- attack fort ducan- forks of ohio. Gets ambushed

Fort ducan- French and idinan allies

British go ___miles in__days

French try to stop them at the river

British don’t know how to fight like the inidians

Frecnch -21 dead

Brirtish -1000 dead or inggereed

General beaddock- to conifident- over come anything in his way, no second plan.

Events covered in Part I:

Date Events Covered

1752-1754 Virginia parleys with Tanaghrisson to build trading post;

Washington’s trek to Ft. Le Boeuf

1754 French expel Virginians who built a small fort at the Forks of the Ohio

1754 Incident at Jumonville Glen

1754 Capitulation of Ft. Necessity

1754 Iroquois neutrality

1754-1755 France and Great Britain prepare for war

1755 Braddock’s Expedition and the Battle of the Monongahela