FIW 3: More Disasters: Oswego, Louisbourg, and Fort William Henry

Key Battles of American History

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🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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After the French defeat of British forces led by George Washington in 1754 and Edward Braddock in 1755, things did not improve for the British. In 1756 and 1757, French forces captured the British forts Bull, Ontario, Oswego, and WIlliam Henry, while...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.5	Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello, and welcome back to Key Battles of the French and Indian War, our survey of the
0:47.6	conflict that shaped the fate of two great empires and laid the groundwork for the
0:51.2	American Revolution.
0:52.7	I'm your host, James Early, as always.
0:56.0	And as always, I am joined by my co-host, Jacober.
1:00.0	Well, good to hear from the last episode.
1:02.7	Yeah, yeah.
1:04.2	Glad to have you back, Jacob.
1:06.0	We're going to talk a little bit.
1:07.7	Let's review what we had in the last episode for those.
1:10.5	Case, if you like me and you forget things. For those of you who don't have a perfect memory,
1:15.7	here's what happened in the last episode. We saw that the British tried to build a fort,
1:21.2	really more of a stockade, kind of a poor man's fort in the Forksks the Ohio area, which the French also very much
1:29.3	coveted that area. The French took offense to that. Then George Washington, at the age of 22,
1:35.9	was sent up to ask the French very politely, if you would please pack up and leave, because
1:41.0	this is territory that the British claim and the French, very
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