. Una storia del Canada e delle altre province britanniche del Nord America . autorità ristica stessa, ed è stato successivamente conosciuto come la Federazione degli Stati Uniti d'America. * George Wasliington nacque in Virginia nel 1732. Quando ma sei adolescenti di età, è stato impiegato in terra di rilevamento che era stato assegnato a Lord Fairfax, un collegamento di Hig. Era un topografo formany anni, e così ha guadagnato una conoscenza della topografia del thecountry, che successivamente ha girato a cliente militare. Prima di sprecare, fu nominato generale aggiunto delle milizie in un distretto di Virginian LW AT , e nel dopoguerra

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. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . ritish authority itself, and was afterwardsknown as the Federation of the United States of America. * George Wasliington was born in Virginia, in 1732. When but sixteenrears of age, he was employed in surveying land which had beennssigned to Lord Fairfax, a connexion of hig. He was a surveyor formany years, and thus gained a knowledge of the topography of thecountry, which he afterwards turned to military account. Before he wastwenty, he was appointed adjutant-general of the militia in a Virginiandistrict, and afterwards rose to a higher rank as a British ofScer in theeeven years war with the French. His after-career as a successful generalin the service of the American insurgents during the revolutionary war of1T75-83, is well known. He died in 1799, aged 67 years. Questions.—Who became leader of the militia ? What is said of Wash-ington, and of the failure of his first military effort? Sketch his career.Mention the project of the federal union of the thirteen colonies in 175S-4. I. 94 HISTORY OP CANADA. [Pakt 111-1755. 43. General Braddock^s Career.—In this crisis England lib- trally aided her colonies with men and money. She also sent ♦ut General Braddock* to prosecute the campaign. Active measures were at once taken to capture the entire line of French forts from the Ohio river to the St. Lawrence; wliile equally energetic efforts were made by the French to resist this combined attack. In the meantime, Governor du Quesne was succeeded by the Marquis de Vaudreuil- Cavagnal [vo-dray-ye-cav-a-nal], —who wag destined to be the last Governor of New France. Braddock arrived in Virginia in February, 1755, and, in April, assembled ^ ., . ^^ »._ ! . , , . i General Braddock. the Provincial Governors at Alexandriat to plan the campaign. At this conference, four expeditions ^ere planned. The first under General Lawrence was designed. o reduce Nova Scotia; the second under Braddock to reco^ e

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