Illustrated universal history- being a clear and concise history of all nations (1880) (14579442898)

Identifier: illustratedunive00clar (find matches)
Title: Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Clare, Israel Smith, 1847- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. W. Ziegler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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Bronze Door in the National Capltoi Commemorating the Events of theLife of George Washington.
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EIGHTEENTH CENTUR Y. )fiZ CO withdraw his troops from the domain of the Ohio Company, as requested byDinwiddie. EVENTS OF 1754. Battle of the Great Meadows.—When it was known in Virginia that St. Pien:ref^Tcd to withdraw his troops from the territory granted to the Ohio Comppny, a.lody of Virginians under Major George Washington was sent to expel the invadersV\ Islington moved toward the Ohio, and in the present Fayette county, in Penn;y:vania, he built Fort Necessity. On the 28th of May, 1754, he defeated thtFrench and killed their leader, Jxunonville, in the battle of the Great MeadowsThis was the first bloodshed in the long anrl distressing French and Indian War. Capitulation of Fort Necessity.— Already the French had seized a fort whichthe English had i)een engaged in building at the junction of the Alleghany andMonongahela rivers, and named it Fort Du Quesne, in honor of the Governorof Canada. Washington was at length besieged by the French at Fort NecessityOn the 4th of July