G Dub

When thinking back to this past week, the one thing that I thought was most intriguing was when we talked about George Washington. Growing up I had tons of books on the Presidents of the United States (not very informative but lots of pictures!) and George Washington has always been my favorite President since we studied all of the Presidents in 1st grade. The only things that I remember about him from any previous history course, both in high school and college, was when we talked about him crossing the Delaware River to fight in the Battle of Trenton. I knew of his success in the Revolutionary War, but I had not heard about anything in regard to how he built his rank up to General. To find out that he was not successful in his conflict with the French was depressing to hear, especially his attack on Fort Pitt.
Something else that I found interesting was the conflict between the French and British on what would soon be the United States soil. To be honest, I have no recollection of these conflicts that would eventually lead to the French and Indian war. The conflicts, which typically involved the British and allied Native Americans attempting to take over French Forts while other Indians allied with the French in resistance, was something that I found quite interesting. The Native Americans who would join forces with either the British, French, or both depending on what Battle, was something that I had not heard of before either. I was surprised with how smart the Indians were and how they played both sides.