George Washington in the French and Indian War
George Washington's military experience began just prior to the French and Indian War when the governor of Virginia Robert Dinwiddie commissioned him as a major in the Virginia militia. Following this, Washington was sent in the same year as an envoy of the British Crown to French colonial authorities and Native Americans as far north as present-day Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1754 he led another expedition to the area to assist in the construction of a fort at present-day Pittsburgh. Before reaching that point, Washington and some of his men, along with British-allied Mingo led by Tanacharison, ambushed a French scouting party. The scouting party's commander was killed, although the exact circumstances of his death were disputed. This peacetime act of aggression is seen as one of the inciting incidents of the Seven Years' War. The French responded by attacking fortifications Washington erected following the ambush, forcing his surrender. Released on parole, Washington and his troops returned...
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