1 AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY Answer to Question 1 British Government sent Edward Braddock as General Commander of the North American forces in British. Braddock died after facing a mortal wound during a failed expenditure for the capture of Fort Duquesne, which is currently in Pittsburgh. This war transformed in to a stale mate during the upcoming years (Schmidt, 2014). However, in Europe,theFrenchaccountedforanimportantvictoryandcapturedtheMinorcain Mediterranean which was a British possession in 1756. In North America, the naval strength of the British combine with the ineffectiveness of the French. The British one by one seized the Caribbean Islands under the French, Cuba under Spain and also the Philippines. The treaty of Paris helped the British to secure significant gains in North America which included possession over all the French territories to the east of the Mississippi and also Florida. However, it was unfortunate that the British victories over the French in North America brought them in to direct confrontation with the British colonists in North America. As an outcome of the long waged war with the French the British planned to extract wealth by imposing high rate of tax from the colonists (Grimsley, 2015). This severely enraged the colonists in North America and disputes spurred up. After that the massive colonial rebellion took place and ultimately the American war of independence happened. Answer to Question 2 King Philips’ war is considered as one of the bloodiest conflicts in the American history. Plymouth Colony’s execution in June 1675 of one of the three Philip warriors ignited a spark to King Philips’ war. Philip accused John Sassamon of spying and murdered him. This murder turned the relationship between the Indians and the whites into a hostile one. Along with this, land disputes, interracial insensitivities and cultural encroachment were the
2 AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY agents, which degraded the stability in the relationship between the two countries (Grimsley, 2015). Strategic approach towards war enabled Philip to attain success. At the initial stage, plans were made for raiding the colonies over Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The plans also included raids in the coasts of Maine. Clandestine participation in the raids helped the warriors to expose determined approach towards the opponents. One of the other aspects here is deeming the violation of the treaties. This is in case of the United colonies of Massachusetts. Presence of 1000 militia and 150 Indian allies helped Philips and the armies to take control over the colonies. Mention can be made of November 1675, when Josiah Winslow of Plymouth Colony conquered the territories of Rhode island (Fisher, 2017). Here, the objective was to acquire control of Narragansett. The outcome of this incident was burning the abandoned villagers alive. Strategic planning towards overpowering the enemies enabled Philip’s militia to conquer forts, food supplies and properties of the Indian defenders. Due to the incapabilities towards determining the number of casualties, most of the women, children and elderly encountered tragic fate of death (Anderson, 2017). Alliance with the partners and discussing the war strategies seemed beneficial in terms of yielding positive results in war.
3 AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY References Anderson, V. D. (2017). King Philip’s herds: Indians, colonists, and the problem of livestock in early New England. InColonial America and the Early Republic(pp. 57-80). Routledge. Fisher, L. D. (2017). “Why shall wee have peace to bee made slaves”: Indian Surrenderers during and after King Philip’s War.Ethnohistory,64(1), 91-114. Grimsley, M. (2015). The American Military History Master Narrative: Three Textbooks on the American Military Experience.JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY,79(3), 783- 802. Schmidt, H. (2014).Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History. University Press of Kentucky.