To safeguard this strategic location, the French constructed Fort Duquesne, a military symbol denoting ... would become known as the French and Indian War. The outnumbered Virginians were soon ...

Indeed, the military experience that he gained during the French and Indian War—along with his integrity—were the reasons the Continental Congress selected him as commander in chief of the ...

Boston Company of Cadets Coat: The oldest surviving American-made military coat in ... Originally built by French settlers in 1755 during the French and Indian War, Fort Ticonderoga — then ...

For they constituted the first military ... the French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in 1745. He may have fought there again when, in 1758, it was taken for the second ...

A French Model 1728 Infantry Musket (bottom) with a .71-cal. bore is an example of the many guns captured during the French and Indian War and available ... have been the soldier who “had ...

by the French during the French and Indian war." The Massac Marines portray French soldiers, voyageurs, and Native Americans to bring that era to life. Saturday's event focused on military drills ...

The British, he noted, were just wrapping up the French and Indian War in 1763 and were struggling ... It’s a question of safety because the soldiers use authentic period weapons and live ...

Growing up the son of a career Army officer father and a career educator mother, both of whom love history, I believed I had a firm grasp of American military ... the French and Indian War ...

Daniel: Lexington and Concord being when the first British soldiers clashed with the ... the British won the French and Indian War. And when they won that war, suddenly Britain attained all ...

Take a look at 7 Indian war films based on actual wars and military operations. Border The film is based on the 1971 Indo-Pak war. The story is about a group of Indian soldiers who hold their ground ...

To fight the French and Indian War, the British had doubled their debt ... The British upped the ante by declaring they would charge smugglers in military courts — the tariffs were enforced by the ...