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Washington returned to the Pennsylvania frontier in the spring of 1754 to again request, this time more forcefully, that the French give up their claim to the territory
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Washington returned to the Pennsylvania frontier in the spring of 1754 to again request, this time more forcefully, that the French give up their claim to the territory. This etching illustrates his first skirmish against the French, who were under the command of Ensign Jumonville. Washington defeated the French in this battle, only to surrender to a superior French force at Fort Necessity a few days later.

Credit: From The Indian Wars of the United States, 1892 Courtesy the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Washington returned to the Pennsylvania frontier in the spring of 1754 to again request, this time more forcefully, that the French give up their claim to the territory. This etching illustrates his first skirmish against the French, who were under the command of Ensign Jumonville. Washington defeated the French in this battle, only to surrender to a superior French force at Fort Necessity a few days later.

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