Answering questions on American Military History

Running head: AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
Answering questions on American Military History
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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, the French accounted for an important victory and captured the Minorca in
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