[DOC] [TLE] Ten Facts About George Washington and the French & Indian War ... [PAR] George Washington was a raw and ambitious 21-year old when he was first ... 
Painting showing George Washington during his French & Indian War days. ... On 
May 28, 1754, Washington's party stealthily approached the French camp at 
dawn. ... De Villiers left Fort Duquesne with nearly 600 French soldiers and 
Canadian... [DOC] [TLE] First blood of the French and Indian War - May 28, 1754 - HISTORY ... [PAR] In the first engagement of the French and Indian War, a Virginia militia under 22-
year-old ... In a surprise attack, the Virginians killed 10 French soldiers from Fort 
Duquesne, ... In October 1754, Washington resigned his commission in protest of 
the ... During the next three years, Washington struggled with the problems of... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Jumonville Glen - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the 
opening battle of the French and Indian War fought on May 28, 1754 near what is 
present-day ... Jumonville was among the slain, although the exact 
circumstances of his ... The French then began construction of the fort they called 
Fort Duquesne. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Fort Necessity - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Fort Necessity took place on July 3, 1754, in what is now the 
mountaintop hamlet of Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The 
engagement was one of the first battles of the French and Indian War and George 
Washington's only ... The battle, along with the May 28 Battle of Jumonville Glen, 
contributed to a... [DOC] [TLE] George Washington in the French and Indian War - Wikipedia [PAR] George Washington (February 22, 1732  December 14, 1799) commanded the 
Continental Army in American Revolutionary War (17751783), and was the first 
... Released on parole, Washington and his troops returned to Virginia. ... drove 
the French from Fort Duquesne, during which he and some of his companies 
were... [DOC] [TLE] The French & Indian War Timeline of Important Dates - Shmoop [PAR] Twenty-one year old Major George Washington departs Williamsburg, ... of 
Virginia provincial troops, defeats a French force near the Great Meadows. ... A 
French force of 700 attacks George Washington and his 400 troops at Fort ... Jul 9
, 1755 ... without firing a shot when a British army of 17,500 British regulars, 
American... [DOC] [TLE] French Fort Duquesne - Brookline Connection [PAR] The opposing forces met on May 28, 1754, in a skirmish known as the ... Major 
George Washington and his troops retreat from Fort Necessity - 1754 ... The 
following eyewitness account of the British defeat at the Battle of the 
Monongahela on July 9, 1755, ..... Fort Duquesne - 250 Years After The French 
And Indian War. [DOC] [TLE] British defeat the French in North America - MilitaryHistoryOnline ... [PAR] May 24, 2016 ... May 28, 1754: The first battle Washington defeats the French in a surprise attack. 
... British General Braddock's forces are defeated near Fort Duquesne in ... May 8
-9, 1756: Declarations of War Great Britain declares war on France. ... On 27 
June 1759, Wolfe and his men landed on the le d'Orlans; by the... [DOC] [TLE] Download Lesson Plan - National Park Service [PAR] Just a year later, he was acclaimed a hero after the Battle ... By reading the 
Remarks, written when Washington was in his fifties, students will visit key ... 1 
Explain that on May 28, 1754, George ... during this skirmish that the first shots of 
the. French and Indian War were fired. ... French soldiers sent out from Fort 
Duquesne. [DOC] [TLE] George Washington at Jumonville (1754) | Parallel Narratives [PAR] George Washington fired some of the first shots in the French and Indian war: ... 
They had come from Fort Duquesne, but for what reason? ... At daybreak on May 
28, he and his men ambushed the French camp (near what is now ... Major-
General Edward Braddock's death at the Battle of the Monongahela, July 9, 1755:

Question: On May 28, 1754, Washington & his men fired the first shots of this 9-year war near Fort Duquesne
Answer: The French & Indian War