How did Braddock's defeat affect the British colony?

Answer 1

General Braddock gave Colonel Washington the order to remain four miles behind the British army. He took his army and marched on. Braddock was not expecting an ambush by the French army and their Indian allies. The French and Indians ambushed his army, destroyed a large part of it, and caused it to retreat. Colonel George Washington divided his army. He had part of his army hide in the trees on one side of the road and part of his army hide on the other side of the road. The retreating British Army passed through American lines. The French and Indians chased them. Then the Americans counter attacked. The surviving French ran back to their fort. The Indians disappeared. The French defeat destroyed the French and Indian alliance. As a result, the Pennsylvania Militia was able to destroy the Indian allies of the French. The Militia killed Chief Pontiac. France could no longer prevent the settlement of Ohio. Long before the final battle of that war had been fought in Quebec, the settlement of Ohio had begun. The American colonies figured they no longer needed the British. They could win a major battle when the British had lost it.