His plan was bold; it is a plan that will need to be done to perfection in order to take back the Forts. He want to take back twelve Forts, one by one and he wants to do it quickly and surprisingly. His first move is to go to Fort Detroit with a group of warriors and scope out the Fort. When he arrived at the Fort the British wouldn’t let him in due to an uneasy suspicion. After Chief Pontiac had put General Gladwin (the general of Fort Detroit) at ease telling him that they were only there for a ceremonial dance to show them their respect, he had let them in. Once they were let in the Fort some warriors in the back of the line split up and went down back allies to see where they could attack. After the Native dance was over the warriors had meet up with the rest of the Native people in the Fort and made their way out with Chief Pontiac. …show more content…
Gladwin accepted his offering to come back again; he did this because he didn’t want to upset the Native People any further. The warriors had found ways of attacking the Fort when they were walking the allies. They had also found that there were a low number of British troops in the Fort. This had made Chief Pontiac feel that they could easily take the Fort with little problems. So, the plan was to bring a wampum belt with two colors on it, white and black. The plan was to give the British the wampum when they returned, and if Chief Pontiac gave them the wampum with the black side showing, then they would attack. However, if he showed the white side when presenting the wampum, the plan would be
Though the last part of his extraordinary career centered on his proposal to fortify to the the mouth of the Mississippi and to invade and conquer part of the Spanish Province of Mexico. He planned to succeed with 200 French men, with the ade of buccaneers, and an army of 15,000 Indians. A venture that caused his detractors to question his sanity, but the king saw a chance to harass the Spaniards with whom was at war
When Arnold was heading home to Connecticut, he met Major General Philip Schuyler of the Continental Army and urged Arnold to take Canada. Major General Schuyler then developed a plan to take Fort St. Johns to capture Montreal. After hearing Schuyler’s plan, Arnold proposed a plan that another force would attack Quebec in concert with the
As Sir Washington was heading back from delivering the message, he saw a point of land at an intersection of Allegheny and the Monongahela form the Ohio, where he thought would be a brilliant idea to build a fort. Dinwiddie agreed to his suggestion therefore building Fort Prince George, but ended with the French coming and taking over changing the name to Fort Duquesne. Washington ended up moving to the Great Meadows where he and his troops decided in building a fort that would be called, Fort Necessity. Three days within encampment, Washington and 40 men went looking for a group of French that were seen about seven miles away from Chestnut Ridge. When finding the French they were made prisoners, killed the commander Joseph Coulon de Villiers, and several others were killed as well, especially since it was a surprise attack they surrendered. George Washington won that encounter but the French weren’t about to give up yet. Not to long after, French troops were sent out from Fort Duquesne and defeated the British which left the French in charge of the west Allegheny Mountains. In 1755, General Edward Braddock came from Britain to America as commander in chief I order to help Britain gain Fort Duquesne back. Again the British had failed, loosing men as well as General Braddock who passed away four days after the
In the summer of 1754 Braddock began his campaign as the next commanding officer of the British empire . Braddock was sent to America to reestablish the British position in the Ohio valley. Major general Braddock strictly played by the books and failed to listen to Washington’s advice about fight like the Natives. During the battle of Monongahela, during a slow march from Fort Cumberland to Fort Duquesne, Braddock encountered French and Native resistance. With the Native new fighting tactics, the red coats were overwhelmed and surprised. During the battle the French noticed a strategic hill unoccupied that general Braddock failed to capture. Soon after the French and Indian allies quickly order their troops to take this hill and fire into the lines of the red coats. Braddock is soon defeated and dies because of his wounds. Braddock’s defeat signified the downfall of old world tactics at the hands of the new world approaches to warfare.
Washington first plans for a strategic defensive, thereby preserving his army. He avoids battle whenever possible and continues to draw the British into a prolonged war of attrition. It is this continuous maneuvering that gives Washington control of the flow of the War. For no matter where the British Army strikes, or what city they may take, or
“Commanders continuously develop, test, and update their understanding throughout the conduct of operations. They actively collaborate with other commanders, the staff, and unified action partners, to create a shared understanding.” Understanding the mission is a crucial step to start the military decision making process because not understanding the task at hand will create blurred vision of the commander’s intent for any given mission. As Governor of the Indiana Territory, Harrison understood that the treaties with the Native Confederacy were extremely fragile. As Tecumseh and his brother’s efforts to demean the treaties’ value continued, Governor Harrison realized that a conflict was inevitable inside his territory. “Harrison suggested, as a means to prevent war, that the calamity might be avoided by marching a considerable force up the Wabash and dispersing the “banditti” the Prophet had collected.” With the idea of preemptive attack firmly planted in his head, he sowed the seeds for the eventual battle that later ensued. Harrison also had received intelligence that the great Native leader Tecumseh was recruiting more warriors to his cause, which furthered the fear that the Natives would grow stronger and eventually raid the settlers to take back some of the lands ceded from them. This intelligence furthered the idea to Harrison that he needed to field an army and quell the Native rebellion before it got too out of hand.
Threats and attacks on neutral Indians were common among soldiers. Indians lived near the forts in order to trade. Soldiers were constantly afraid and “garrisons spent more time dreading attack than undergoing it”. (130) The soldiers had no way to know if there were spies among them, which made them suspicious of all so sometimes they just killed them all. Even when the killing never happened, the threats, bullying, drinking and bragging by both whites and Indians kept the fear going.
“That sounds like a plan General Wallace, you have my support.” Stated President Washington. “I’d also like for my Chief of Staff to return with
John Brown started to think of a plan for the Gaspee. He sent a town crier to invite parties and people to meet at Sabins. They were all planning a destruction for the gaspee. The plan had about 55 men to destroy and rob the Royal Navy British ship. None of the attackers wanted to hide who they were. They all went to Namquid Point and saw the Great Gaspee in the water. John Brown and some of his men boarded the ship and the rest of his men surrounded the ship. They attacked Dudingston and his crew.
Another thing that Louis Riel did in order to help the Métis was lead the Red River Rebellion of 1869. Leading this rebellion against the government was one of the very few things which caused Louis Riel to be seen as a villain. However, Riel’s purpose was only to stand up for his people, not to go against the government. An event that led up to this rebellion was when William McDougall (appointed Lieutenant-governor of Northwest Territories) ordered a survey of the Red River Settlement on September 1869. Riel declared that the land survey was a threat to his people. So in October, the Métis, led by Riel, managed to halt the Canadian surveyors and prevent them from entering Red River. Afterward, Riel helped set up Le Comité National des Métis (Métis National Committee) prior to the rebellion. In early November, Riel led an armed revolt and seized Fort Garry, which was the headquarters of the Hudson’s Bay Company. When William McDougall arrived at the fort, he found it blocked by
During the Battle, both sides used different tactics and strategies. Burgoyne decided to go with a risky strategy of dividing his army into three columns, two towards Bemis Heights and one to follow the road that paralleled the Hudson. The American forces (led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold) placed expert riflemen (led by Daniel Morgan) in charge of taking out the left flank of the British (led by Simon Frasier). This strategy worked well for the Americans, of course until they ran out of ammunition.
I know it was meant to be foreshadowing about what was to come, but I feel adding him in broke the line of thought away from the French and Indian War and brought it to the future. However, I enjoyed learning about battles that I had never learned about before in class, like the fall of Louisburg and the battles of Fort Ducane. It seemed almost right that the war began and ended there, almost like everything came full
After Howe 's victory at Brandywine, his army camped at Germantown, Pennsylvania. Washington planned a surprise attack against the redcoats at sunrise. He broke the army into four separate columns for battle. The American soldiers marched to Germantown by two roads, with General Sullivan to the right and General Greene to the left. Washington, along with General Wayne, joined Sulliven and caused the British to fall back.
He was there to serve his people, and he would defend them and their rights until justice was served. One risk taken was when he entered as the first Indian to take foot inside the school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Shortly after George Washington becoming chief, Britain's General Gage a discreet plan to send out British soldiers to Lexington April 19th, 1775, where their goal was to capture Colonial leaders such as John Hancock and leader Samuel Adams, then to concord, where they would have to seize all gunpowder. Fortunately friends of the Americans leaked Gage’s plan to the people. Two