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George Washington the Westerner in the French and Indian War
Washington's early western experiences shaped his career. He warned the French at Venango, led at Fort Necessity, and fought Braddock’s forces. later he commanded forces at Fort Duquesne and Forbes expedition. He viewed western lands as key to America’s growth and pursued western routes and land claims.
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Elmo Scott Watson
John C. Fitzpatrick
George Washington
Bobbe-Merrill Company
Virginia
Washington
West
Gert Fairfax
George W. Fairfax
Shenandoah Valley
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ohio Company
Ohio River
North America
Canada
Marquis Duquesne
Ohio Country
Presque Isle
Erie
le Boeuf
Waterford
Venango
French Creek
Allegheny
Dinwiddle
Christopher Gist
Shio Company
Onehone
Somalia
Somalia Mipenlines Peleor
Cangia
Dinwiddie
Forks of the Ohio
Trent
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Felda
Europe
India
New World
Jaumonville
Fort Necessity
Conlon de Villiers
Jumonville
Edward Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Monongahela
Augustine
Militas
Braddock
Fort Cumberland
Fort Loudoun
Winchester
Wllamsburg
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
John Forbes
Fauquier
Custis
Ohio
Fort Pitt
George Croghan
The
Six Nations
Craik
Kanawha River
William Crawford
Lond
Samuel
John Crawford
Maryland Journal
Baltimore Advertiser
Kanawha
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Louisville
Potomac Company
James
Potomac
District of
Colo
Great
Rough Creek
Little Miami River
Mohawk River
Newee