, and it's interesting to note that in relying on the delawares and shawnees, the french were calling upon the assistance of native peoples who had been forced westward by british colonials in eastern pennsylvania. and some of these native peoples forced westward, of course, harbored resentment against the british and british colonials and helps -- this helps to explain why some of them aided the french at this early stage in the conflict. now, in 1754 and into '55, the british government decided that the conflict in north america was serious enough that british troops should become directly involved. now, this is a very interesting point. the year is 1755. war has not yet been declared between britain and france. and yet, there is fighting in north america that's already begun. the british government makes the decision to send two regiments of troops totaling nearly 2,000 men to north america to join in the conflict there. even though britain and france are not yet at war in europe, but the british government is thinking that north america is sufficiently important that we have to st

instead, he alienated the delawares and shawnees. some aided the french. the french had other native allies in the ohio country and its western margins, and the result was a staggering british defeat. out of braddock's men who were engaged, out of the number of 1,400, 1,000 were either killed or wounded. out of the number of 1,400, 1,000 were either killed or wounded. over 400 killed out of a force of about 1,400 in the advance line and 400 wounded. many officers were killed or wounded. braddock himself was shot and killed. mortally wounded. and after he died, he was buried in the road. washington had several horses shot out from under him. he was lucky that he survived this campaign. the troops themselves beat a hasty retreat going all the way back to philadelphia. so in this first major conflict between the british and french in north america, with their respective colonists involved especially here, colonists from virginia and there were some french canadians assisting the french war effort here, the british side suffered a great defeat. and one of the

also significant was the fact that braddock had rejected assistance from delaware and shawnee chiefs and told one delaware chief that the indians would not inherit the land, that it was the british land. braddock, in other words, believed he needed nti he was terribly wrong as events would prove. instead, he alied some aided the french. the french had other native allies in the ohio country and its western margins, and the result was a staggering british defeat. out of braddock's men who were engaged, out of the number of or wounded. out of the number of 1,400, over 400 killed out of a force of about 1,400 in the advance line and 400 wounded. many officers were killed or wounded. braddock himself was shot and killed. mortally wounded. and after he died, he was buried in the road. washington had several horses shot out from under him. he was lucky that he survived this campaign. the troops themselves beat a hasty retreat going all the way back to philadelphia. so in this first major conflict between the british and french in north america, with their respective colonists involved espe

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show for it instead of a national interstate highway this is my whole point we have to do is try to shawnee our infrastructure and and we need to be spending more money and with that actually we have the way w. owning a majority got in there are we got used to coming up the american people know the nation can't afford another war see why republican chicken hawks so it will succeed the why don't republicans you go explore rumble after the break. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old to tell the truth. i confess and i am in total get a sense that i was crap because he is second and pretty. he was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world without you it's a place. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so poorly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm sorry there's a big picture. for . let's go back to the rubble within five brian darling columnist of human events and director of government studies at the heritage foundation and david marr t