 | CHAPTER XIII History of Virginia |  |
QUESTIONS
1. Give an account of the rivalry existing between France and
England.2. What was now the question to be decided?
3. Give the plan adopted by France.
4. The English plan
5. How did the French decide to stop the English?
6. What message did the governor of Virginia send the French
commander?7. Who was George Washington, when and where born?
8. What led to a lifelong friendship between Washington and Lord
Fairfax?9. What is said of his character?
10. Give an account of his journey, and of its result.
11. Tell of the opening of hostilities
12. What happened at Great Meadows?
13. Whom did the English send to capture Fort Duquesne, and what
fatal mistake did he make?14. On being warned by Benjamin Franklin, what was his reply?
15. Tell of Braddock's defeat.
16. Who then took the head of the colonial troops?
17. Encouraged by this victory, what did the Indians do?
18. What was the letter Washington wrote to Governor Fauquier?
19. In what way did he try to stop the atrocities of the savages?
20. In what year did Fort Duquesne fall into the hands of the English?
21. How did the war end?
| CHAPTER XIII History of Virginia | |