Fort Frederick
Dwayne went to Fort Frederick located in western Maryland
on the Potomac River. The fort was built
to protect English colonists from attacks by the French and Indians during the
French and Indian War.
The fort has been
restored and serves as a living history museum of the period. Re-enactors representing all sides in the conflict
engaged in mock battles and educated the park visitors on various aspects of
the conflict and the people engaged in this war which ultimately put the
English in control of most of North America.
The French and Indian War
began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by
Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire.
The French and Indian War
was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain
and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in
1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
The French and Indian War
began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by
Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire.
The war provided Great
Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over
subsequent frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses led to colonial
discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
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| English Engineer Officer |
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| Barracks |
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| French Officer and Cannon |
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| English Colonial Patrol Returning to Fort |
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| Colonial Rangers |
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