How did George Washington start the French and Indian War?

Question

I mean, honestly, who do you 'accidently' shoot the French messanger?

Um...He also fought in the French and Indian. HELLO! The French and Indian virtually made America. I think YOU should read some books.

Answer 1

This is a good question. I know what you are driving at.
You mean "how" did he accidentally shoot the French official.
It was a skirmish in the woods. Bullets fly - things happen. Washington had no intention of causing an international crisis.

Here's a quote from an OK internet source (cited below) :

"In April 1754, on his way to establish a post at the Forks of the Ohio (the current site of Pittsburgh), Washington learned that the French had already erected a fort there. Warned that the French were advancing, he quickly threw up fortifications at Great Meadows, Pa., aptly naming the entrenchment Fort Necessity, and marched to intercept advancing French troops. In the resulting skirmish the French commander the sieur de Jumonville was killed and most of his men were captured. Washington pulled his small force back into Fort Necessity where he was overwhelmed (July 3) by the French in an all-day battle fought in a drenching rain. Surrounded by enemy troops, with his food supply almost exhausted and his dampened ammunition useless, Washington capitulated. Under the terms of the surrender signed that day, he was permitted to march his troops back to Williamsburg."

Answer 2

Unlike the previous wars between European powers in the 1700s, the French and Indian War was begun in North America—in the heartland of the Ohio Valley, where both France and Britain held claims to land and trading rights. Westward-moving British colonists were particularly aggressive in their desire for new tracts of wilderness. The French, in order to prevent further British encroachment on what they believed to be French lands, began to construct a series of forts along the Ohio River. Eventually, the two sides came into conflict when a young lieutenant colonel from Virginia named George Washington attacked French troops with his small militia force and established Fort Necessity. Washington eventually surrendered after the French returned in greater numbers.

Answer 3

While his actions at Fort Necessity bought him plenty of drinks in local pubs, just as many people blamed Washington for unnecessarily sparking the war.

Answer 4

He didn't. The French were building forts on territory that was claimed by Virginia and that started the conflict.

Answer 5

He didn't start the war, he was only a minor person in the Virginia Militia, the British and French were fighting over land.

Yup some people don't know their history...........

Answer 6

Speaking French & Loving German Culture!

Answer 7

He didn't shoot that guy accidently. And he actually was sort of what set off a chain of events, for those people who don't think so. I learned it in history not that long ago. I can't remember the details, though...bad memory.

Answer 8

Watching tv is easier but I love reading catalogs more

Answer 9

while reading a written booklet, you're stimulating your brain. You transform your literacy and reading skills and you simply along the way, are more literate. Despite having today's modern technology, you should be able to read still.
While you're watching t.v. can be good fun, it isn't doing anything to your brain.

Answer 10

George Washington fought in the Revolutionary War with Britain for America's independence.
The French and Indian War was a separate conflict.