In April 1754, (at the age of 22) on his way to establish a post at the Forks of the Ohio (the current site of Pittsburgh), Washington learned that the French had already erected a fort there. Warned that the French were advancing, he quickly threw up fortifications at Great Meadows, Pa., aptly naming the entrenchment Fort Necessity, and marched to intercept advancing French troops. In the resulting skirmish the French commander the sieur de Jumonville was killed and most of his men were captured. Washington pulled his small force back into Fort Necessity where he was overwhelmed (July 3) by the French in an all-day battle fought in a drenching rain. Surrounded by enemy troops, with his food supply almost exhausted and his dampened ammunition useless, Washington capitulated. Under the terms of the surrender signed that day, he was permitted to march his troops back to Williamsburg. Discouraged by his defeat and angered by discrimination between British and colonial officers in rank and pay, he resigned his commission near the end of 1754. The next year, however, he volunteered to join British general Edward Braddock's expedition against the French. When Braddock was ambushed by the French and their Indian allies on the Monongahela River, Washington, although seriously ill, tried to rally the Virginia troops. Whatever public criticism attended the debacle, Washington's own military reputation was enhanced, and in 1755, at the age of 23, he was promoted to colonel and appointed commander in chief of the Virginia militia, with responsibility for defending the frontier. In 1758 he took an active part in Gen. John Forbes's successful campaign against Fort Duquesne.
George Washington, La Salle
the french and the british
the french and Indian war was between the years of 1730-1737
Yes, when he was a little older than 20 21 etc, he fought for the British in the French-Indian war.
The British, French, Americans, and Native Americans. Many of the Native Americans fought with the French. The French had settled with many of the Northeastern tribes through the years as fur trappers and they had a relationship with them. The British had treated the tribes as interlopers on their own lands. Americans, like George Washington, fought under the British flag and as a British officer. In fact, it was Washington that fired the first shots of the war.
saratogo
He was a land surveyor, a farmer, and had been in service in the French-Indian wars.
twenty one
French and Indian war
His first war was the French and Indian War where he served in the British army.
George Washington, La Salle
He was general of the Continental army and he also fought in the "French and Indian War"
He fought for the British side, as a loyal subject to his majesty's service.
The Americans never fought the French. In WW2 they may have but not in the French and Indian they weren't in the french and Indian war.
George Washington fought in the French and Indian War from 1754 to 1763. The war began in 1754, when Washington was 21 years old, and ended in 1763, when he was 30. 1754 - Washington began fighting in the French and Indian War 1763 - Washington's involvement in the French and Indian War ended
Great Britain and France fought in the French and Indian War.
False. The French and Indian War was fought in North America. It was fought from 1754 to 1763.