Colonial America
Washington's No Good Very Bad Day
Dr. Kane
mkane2@albany.edu Social Science 116 | MWF 12:35-1:30 PM
Office Hrs: M 10:20 - 11:20 & F 1:30 - 3:30 Social Science 60S
Wednesday, November 8
coming up
- Locations paper - Nov 17
- Midterm II - Dec 1
- studyguide Nov 17
- "Related" Notable Women, Revolutionary Times
today's class
- Louisbourg - 1745
- Anderson discussion
- who owns the Ohio Valley?
- 18th century military expectations
- Washington messes up big time
Louisbourg - 1745
- Treaty of Utrecht - what is Canada good for?
- removal of the Acadians
- previous Massachusetts-New France conflicts
- rising tensions - another Father Rale's War?
- they gave it back?!
Anderson, Pt 1
- why did the Shawnees, Delawares, and Mingos move into the Ohio Valley?
- how did Iroquois view the Ohio Valley and the Indians who lived there?
- why did Tanaghrisson invite trade with George Croghan and other Pennsylvania traders?
- why was the Virginian Ohio Company formed?
- why did the French governor Duqusne order the construction of forts in the Ohio Valley?
- why did Virginia governor Dinwiddie send George Washington to the Ohio Valley?
who owns the Ohio Valley?
who owns the Ohio Valley?
- actually live there: Shawnee, Delaware, Mingo, Munsee
- claim control: Iroquois Confederacy
- want to build forts: French & English
- bought land: Virginia
- colonial land claims: NY, Mass, Virginia, Penn, France
why Washington
- family financial interest in Ohio country
- experienced surveyor - maps = power
- dumb and ambitious enough to say yes
military design
Washington's errand
Jumonville Glen - 1754
- death of Washington's commanding officer
- Tanaghrisson's loss of support
- mutinous, underpaid militia pressed into service - only 186
- Washington's over and underestimation
- death of Jumonville - who is responsible?
Fort Necessity - 1754
