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January 1st, 2010, 11:00 PM
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`Tis Time To Part: A Timeline
So, as a few of you may know, I'm PCSwitaj (just Switaj is fine) and I've been here for a few years. I first came aboard back in 2007 with flags, and over time became interested in the maps and stories that were created and crafted here. During this time, I also had an idea for a TL myself, but never had the courage or the time to try and post anything or truly develop the idea.
Well, I've finally gotten around to it, and am confident enough to at least start this. I would like to say a few things prior to posting:
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January 1st, 2010, 11:09 PM
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Prelude: Join or Die, Live and Learn
 Join or Die Friday last an Express arrived here from Major Washington, with Advice, that Mr. Ward, Ensign of Capt. Trent's Company, was compelled to surrender his small Fort in the Forks of Monongahela to the French, on the 17th past; who fell down from Venango with a Fleet of 360 Battoes and Canoes, upwards of 1000 Men, and 18 Pieces of Artillery, which they planted against the Fort; and Mr. Ward having but 44 Men, and no Cannon to make a proper Defence, was obliged to surrender on Summons, capitulating to march out with their Arms, &c. and they had accordingly joined Major Washington, who was advanced with three Companies of the Virginia Forces, as far as the New Store near the Allegheny Mountains, where the Men were employed in clearing a Road for the Cannon, which were every Day expected with Col. Fry, and the Remainder of the Regiment. -- We hear farther, that some few of the English Traders on the Ohio escaped, but 'tis supposed the greatest Part are taken, with all their Goods, and Skins, to the Amount of near 20,000 pounds. The Indian Chiefs, however, have dispatch'd Messages to Pennsylvania, and Virginia, desiring that the English would not be discouraged, but send out their Warriors to join them, and drive the French out of the Country before they fortify; otherwise the Trade will be lost, and, to their great Grief, an eternal Separation made between the Indians and their Brethren the English. 'Tis farther said, that besides the French that came down from Venango, another Body of near 400, is coming up the Ohio; and that 600 French Indians, of the Chippaways and Ottaways, are coming down Siota River, from the Lake, to join them; and many more French are expected from Canada; the Design being to establish themselves, settle their Indians, and build Forts just on the Back of our Settlements in all our Colonies; from which Forts, as they did from Crown-Point, they may send out their Parties to kill and scalp the Inhabitants, and ruin the Frontier Counties. Accordingly we hear, that the Back Settlers in Virginia, are so terrify'd by the Murdering and Scalping of the Family last Winter, and the Taking of this Fort, that they begin already to abandon their Plantations, and remove to Places of more Safety. -- The Confidence of the French in this Undertaking seems well-grounded on the present disunited State of the British Colonies, and the extreme Difficulty of bringing so many different Governments and Assemblies to agree in any speedy and effectual Measures for our common Defence and Security; while our Enemies have the very great Advantage of being under one Direction, with one Council, and one Purse. Hence, and from the great Distance of Britain, they presume that they may with Impunity violate the most solemn Treaties subsisting between the two Crowns, kill, seize and imprison our Traders, and confiscate their Effects at Pleasure (as they have done for several Years past) murder and scalp our Farmers, with their Wives and Children, and take an easy Possession of such Parts of the British Territory as they find most convenient for them; which if they are permitted to do, must end in the Destruction of the British Interest, Trade and Plantations in America. Benjamin Franklin, The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754 --- 30 August 2004 Gilbert Hall Rm. 200 Shippensburg University Shippensburg, Pennsylvania United States of America Ryan Walker sat uneasily in the small classroom at the end of the hallway. He had been dreading this day for an entire summer, once he had received his final schedule the previous semester. Only the first day of classes, and already he had had to sit through three of them, starting at eight in the morning, and now sat in his weekly night class/lecture. This one would be the worst of them all. Though a history major, he had no interest in this topic whatsoever and had grudgingly signed up when his first choice, Diplomatic History of the United States, had filled up. There were a handful of students here, maybe twelve, which seemed about the limit for the old classroom. On top of that, he had spent a small fortune on the six – six! – textbooks he had to purchase, and had to complete a primary source reading before he first session as well. If there was any way for this class to get worst, Ryan couldn’t think of it. The professor walked into the classroom, stepped up to the blackboard without so much as a glance to the students, and quickly scrawled out: HIS402 THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS – Dr. Eric Ward. His task complete, he turned around and scanned the classroom quickly, before breaking out into a wide grin. “Well, I’m surprised to have a full class, knowing my reputation and all. Before I’m completely overwhelmed let’s get started. Like it says up on the board, I’m Dr. Eric Ward and this is The Formative Years of the American Republics. Hopefully, after looking over the syllabus and seeing what we will be discussing, you will either love or learn to love this course enough to continue or be smart enough to drop it within the two week withdrawal window. This course will not be the standard weekly lecture class. I will not stand up here and talk the entire time, for otherwise you will learn nothing. Instead, you will be the ones talking – I will lead us in a roundtable style discussion of the weekly topics, but it is you who will be doing most of the contributing based off of the readings.” He looked over to Ryan. “And, since this is our first meeting of the year we will only focus on one primary source tonight and then you’ll be free to go work on homework and drink the night away, whatever you feel like after this class is done,” he said lightheartedly. “Alright then, let’s begin: tell me what you know about Franklin.” An hour later and Ryan was surprised at how much he was enjoying the class. Up until now, the class had mostly been the students talking about and debating their own thoughts and interpretations on Benjamin Franklin and the article from The Pennsylvania Gazette. Now Dr. Ward stood up from the student desk and began to walk around. “Join, or die – a short simple phrase combined with a picture of a dismembered snake. Granted, it was a part of an overall article written, although focus has tended more toward the phrase and image when teaching history. Until today, I’d be willing to bet that most if not all of you had never actually seen the article, and instead were used to the rest of it as a part of a high school history textbook. To Ben Franklin, however, this was an attempt to communicate his beliefs in the need for a colonial union to both the common man and the genteel elite alike. Think about this – this article by the Great American Polymath was published in The Pennsylvania Gazette exactly 250 years ago this past May. To us in this class, we need to look at this in two ways: One, as the masterful piece of propaganda it is, perhaps the first editorial cartoon in the history of American media depending on whom you ask. However, we must also view this as an important primary source document, allowing us to look into the issues and concerns of the day. I refuse to cover 250 years of history in this class, or a lot less than that, because it cannot be done with you learning something from it. We will begin in the 1750s and Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union; from here, we will continue down the historical path as far as possible in the amount of time we have, with my hopes being to look at the first decade or two of the formative years of government to give you an understanding of the modern world. Hopefully you will enjoy it. Please check your syllabus for the material covered in the next class, and make sure to read what I’ve asked you to – otherwise the discussions will be uninformative, and trust me, I will know who hasn’t read. I’ll see you all next week!” As he walked back out of the building into the cool evening air, Ryan Walker reconsidered his opinion of the class. Perhaps, upon reflection, it would be worthwhile after all...
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January 2nd, 2010, 12:45 PM
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January 2nd, 2010, 01:53 PM
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Act One: Savage Valley and Wounded Mountain
Excerpt from "Colonial America: The British Colonies" by Peter O. Davidson (Philadelphia: National, 1990)
In the 1750s British officials and American colonists alike were wary of colonial surroundings. For the most part the British colonies hugged the Atlantic coast, from Georgia in the south up to Nova Scotia in the north. While some areas, specifically the Middle Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay colonies, extended settlements as far westward as the slopes of the Appalachian Mountains, others extended no more than a hundred miles inland, often only reaching as far as the fall lines of the major rivers in the area. Making the situation worse was the potentially hostile neighbors surrounding the colonies on three sides. Thought was still given to the Spanish presence in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, though while her days as the dominant colonizing power had passed her by she was still of concern. The British instead focused on the French, whose vast network of forts, outposts, and settlements dominated the system of rivers and lakes in the continental interior from the St. Lawrence southward to where the Mississippi emptied into the Gulf of Mexico. Complicating issues further was the overall lack of settler colonies by the French, who seemed happy with establishing smaller trading posts for the fur trade. This peaceful trading then led to alliances with the local Native American tribes in the area, protentially providing another hostile enemy for the British. The resulting situation meant that was was not an uncommon occurrence in the Americas for the British colonists. Three wars had already taken place between Great Britain and France that involved the Atlantic colonies: King William's War (1689-1697), Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), and King George's War (1739-1748)[1]. Newfoundland and Acadia had been handed over to the British following Queen Anne's War, but the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 ended the latest conflict with status quo ante bellum. In the American colonies this led to anger amongst the New England colonists when learning of the return of the strategic fortified town of Louisbourg, which had been captured three years prior, back to French control[2]. Less then ten years after the end of King George's War tensions and hostility between the British and French commenced anew. In 1752 a French raid on a trading post at Pickawillany[3], along the Great Miami River, drove the Pennsylvanians from the Ohio Valley and the trade game. The following year the French began a southward push from Lake Erie towards the Forks of the Ohio, constructing forts along the way. Yet again the British and Frenched seemed poised for conflict in the lands of North America. In reaction to this growing French (and Native American) threat, representatives from several northern and middle colonies met in Albany, New York from 19 June through 11 July 1754. These delegates, attending what would be called the Albany Conference[4], were tasked to resolve two issues: to persuade the Iroquois Confederacy to side with them in the event of another war with France and to coordinate the joint defense of the colonies should such a war break out. Among the two tasks at hand, there were high hopes for progress in terms of common defense. Representatives from seven colonies were in attendance at Albany: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Several prominent men, such as Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania[5], Thomas Hutchinson of Massachusetts[6], and Philip Livingstone of New York[7], were representing their colonies and seemed to add both a sense of importance and an air of inevitable accomplishment to both tasks at hand. Instead, the conference failed miserably on both fronts. ___ [1] These are the names given to these conflicts in North America; in Europe they are refered to as the War of the Leauge of Augsburg, the War of Spanish Succession, and the War of Austrian Succession. [2] While this may have angered the colonists, from the British perspective this was a fair trade: while the French got back Louisbourg, the British regained their fortification at Madras, in India, which had fallen to the French in September of 1746. [3] The site is now were the modern city of Piqua, Ohio is located. The destruction of the site itself was twofold: the drive the Pennsylvanians out, who had established a trading post in the Miami village, and to be used as a show of force by the French in the region to show what would happen to tribes who left them for the British (either Virginian or Pennsylvanian). [4] The Albany Congress ITTL. Following the less than stellar outcome of TTL's version of events, it becomes academic to only refer to it as a conference. [5] At this point in time, Franklin had, among other notable accomplishments, established the Pennsylvania Hospital with Dr. Thomas Bond, created the Union Fire Company (the first of its kind), flown his kite, had been elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly, and received honorary degrees from both Harvard and Yale - not a bad start to be honest. [6] Hutchinson up to this point served as a member of the General Court and had represented Massachusetts in England to solve the boundry dispute with New Hampshire in 1740. He will play a significant (though very different) role at Albany both IOTL and ITTL. [7] As a famous merchant during the period, Livingstone's name was already quite well known in higher circles in North America. He served as an alderman (a local municipal member) at the time of his arival at Albany. Last edited by PCSwitaj; January 4th, 2010 at 01:37 AM.. Reason: Spelling
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January 2nd, 2010, 05:50 PM
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Yes, it's here! And looking quite promising, too.
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A new timeline: War of the Classes (Updated Feb. 05- The corporate history of a railroad, Part Deux.) Quote:
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January 4th, 2010, 01:36 AM
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January 4th, 2010, 01:44 AM
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Very interesting, I'm eagerly awaiting the course to go more indepth.
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January 4th, 2010, 02:20 AM
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Excerpt from "Colonial American Politics: 1660-1775" by David W. Norton (New York: Perennial, 1999)
Serving as an omen for the subsequent outcome of the Albany Conference was the case of Thomas Hutchinson, who fell ill from food poisoning shortly after arriving for the conference. Having taken ill on the 23rd, he initially remained in town in the hopes of getting better. Instead, his health remained poor and he soon saw himself heading off to Boston for bed rest and recuperation when his health only improved enough for him to travel, but not take part in the conference. Fortunately for Hutchinson, he would eventually recover after arriving back in Boston, and would continue down the path of his political career[1]. The remaining delegates hardly fared better back in Albany then poor Thomas. They failed to get the Iroquois to side with them in case of war with France. Iroquois representatives at the meeting had listened politely to the case of the delegates, but in the end saw no reason to abandon their successful policy of neutrality which had served them well since its adoption in 1701, guiding them through two wars that had taken place between the Europeans since then. Some in attendance worried about the possibility that the Iroquois would side with the French when conflict (inevitably) broke out, but mostly it was assumed that the Iroquois would keep their word and stick to their neutrality. However, it is the utter failure of the attempt at mutual colonial defense that the Albany Conference is remembered for. Such a cooperative agreement was doomed from the moment Benjamin Franklin introduced his "Plan of Union" to his fellow delegates. His proposal went above and beyond what officials in London had given their backing to for the conference, calling for an intercolonial legislature with the power of taxation. This plan was too much for many of the delegates in attendance, and with a failure to successfully control discussions and debates with a level of decorum tempers soon flared within the courthouse[2]. Conflicting land claims soon dominated the last days of the conference, much to the chagrin of Franklin. Arguments over control of the Green Mountains raged, mainly between New York and New Hampshire, with the latter issuing their own land grants into the disputed region despite the former's claims based off of letters patent to Prince Edward. Massachusetts also had claims to the area, though they were not pressed to the same level as New York and New Hampshire. Meanwhile, the dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania over the Wyoming Valley was brought to a whole new level with the presence of one individual: John Lydius. Lydius, a New York land speculator hired by the Susquehanna Company of Connecticut, was tasked with purchasing land in the Wyoming Valley from the Iroquois representatives in Albany, which would then be opened up to settlement for Connecticut settlers. The Pennsylvania delegation was angered both at the fact that a speculator was allowed in this conference at all, as he did not represent either the legislators of New York or Connecticut[3], and the fact that the lands in question were already claimed by themselves[4]. Overall, a regional argument would arise between the New England colonies and her Middle Atlantic brothers. The majority of fighting between the British and French in eastern North America had taken place in New England without much help from from the more southernly colonies. In their opinion it was only now, with a significant threat to the frontier wilds of Virginia and Pennsylvania, that the idea of intercolonial defense was proposed. In their eyes, this would pull New England farmers hundreds of miles away from their farms to defend those of another colony, while leaving their own homes defenseless from future attacks by Indians back home. The Albany Conference, called together with the goal of strengthening colonial cooperation, in fact proved to be disastrous. What started out as a grand and noble attempt broke down into arguments and bickering amongst the delegates. It strained preexisting colonial relations and severally weakened the ideal of intercolonial cooperation at a higher level[5]. From a geopolitical viewpoint, the Albany Conference proved to be significant, as all major arguments consisted of a New England colony on the one hand and a Middle Atlantic one on the other (Green Mountains, Wyoming Valley, frontier defense); also, of little note at the time but proving to be significant in and of itself in the coming decades, was the lack of any participation by any colony south of the Potomac River. ___ [1] This is the initial POD for this TL; in real life no such case of food poisoning took place. [2] In real life Hutchinson was a strong player in the discussion and debate about Franklin's Plan of Union, helping to craft it to the form presented to the colonial legislatures. Without him present, no one has filled the void, allowing the discourse that follows. [3] In both OTL and TTL, Lydius is quite possibly the first example of a lobbyist in what IOTL would be American politics. Quite an interesting fellow from what I have been able to found out about him. [4] This particular dispute arises from a double granting by King Charles II, who had included the lands in question as part of Connecticut in 1662 and then included them in a grant to William Penn in 1681. [5] IOTL, the failure of the Albany Congress came from the agreement achieved in Albany being rejected by all the colonial governments, who were afraid of losing influence and power. Here, no agreement ever leave the Albany Court House to go to colonial legislatures, with different issues coming from this different failure. Last edited by PCSwitaj; January 4th, 2010 at 05:11 AM.. Reason: Spelling
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January 4th, 2010, 02:21 AM
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January 4th, 2010, 06:46 PM
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I know I haven't posted a lot in terms of written material yet, but please feel free to leave any comments or questions. In the meantime the first of two maps, The Ohio Valley in 1754:
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January 4th, 2010, 07:22 PM
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Very interesting! I'm a big fan of the Albany Conference, though I've admittedly never considered the possibility of it being a bigger flop than OTL turning into what I sense coming out of TTL (i.e. regionalism amongst the various colonies becoming more pronounced than continental unity).
I very much look forward to seeing more!
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January 5th, 2010, 12:27 AM
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January 5th, 2010, 12:52 AM
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Excerpt from “Bloody Ohio Country” by Walter R. Borneman (Pittsburgh: Fort, 2001)
Simply put, the political situation in the Ohio Country was chaotic, containing a wide host of rival players in the region. Iroquois negotiators had, in the mid 1740s, ceded vast tracts of land to English colonists for settlement[1]. The land in question, however, had not belonged to them; in fact, they were the tribal lands of two subordinate tribes to the Iroquois, the Delaware and the Shawnee. Disgruntled, they migrated westward while Virginia land speculators, under the organization of the Ohio Company, moved in to develop the area. The sale to the Virginians was no clean deal however, as fellow colony Pennsylvania and the French also laid claim to the region, specifically at the Forks of the Ohio[2]. By selling the land in the first place, the Iroquois unintentionally turned the region into a powder keg, as Pennsylvania fur traders, Ohio Company representatives, and the French military all jostled for control of the area while the angered Delaware and Shawnee tribes lingered while moving westward. In the end, it was only a matter of time before conflict would break out. Excerpt from “Nouvelle-France: French Colonies” by Peter O. Davidson (Philadelphia: National, 1990) In the eyes of the French control over the Ohio Country was vital to their continued existence in the New World. The Ohio River, la Belle Rivière to the French, provided them natural transportation for their furs and other trade items down the Mississippi to New Orleans, and from there off to Europe. Any type of a permanent British presence within the region would challenge both the economic control over the Great Lakes fur trade, as well as endanger control of the Ohio River Valley and the Mississippi River Valley at large, severing the lifeline connecting the northern and southern portions of New France where settlements were the most concentrated. A devastating raid on a Pennsylvanian trading post near Lake Erie in 1753 drove the Pennsylvanians out of the area, but it was not enough; there were still Virginians to contend with and without establishing a strong presence themselves it could still have into British hands. In the end, the French had to act. Accordingly, beginning in 1753 they began pushing southwards from Lake Erie to establish fortifications at strategic points to strengthen their control over the region. First Fort Presque Isle was built along the southern shore of Lake Erie, followed up by Fort Le Boeuf fifteen miles inland at the confluence of French Creek and Leboeuf Creek. They were followed up the next year by Fort Machault, built down creek along French Creek where in joined the Allegheny River. From here they continued downriver, hoping to extend their control to where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers form the Ohio[3]. ___ [1] This author has simplified the issue for the sake for keeping the readers interested, with the result unknown. In actuality, some land had been sold for European settlement, while a lot of agreements reached with the Iroquois only offered the right to establish trading posts - after all, the Iroquois were just like the French in the hopes of slowing or stopping white settlement across the Appalachians. Meanwhile, the Delaware and Shawnee had been forced to move from eastern Pennsylvania, and while in the western PA / Ohio region joined along in a Pan-Indian movement that was starting to develop at the time, trying to overthrow the control of the Iroquois...as you can see, a lot more complicated than the author makes it out to be. [2] The spot where the Allegheny and Monongahela join to form the Ohio River - also known as the site of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania today. [3] Please see the attached map for the approximate locations for the French forts.
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January 5th, 2010, 10:56 AM
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Great to see this getting going, and nice maps too!
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January 5th, 2010, 04:18 PM
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I just learned about this in my history class yesterday. George Washington was instructed to take men and build a road into the disputed region of Ohio, so British troops could move in. He did and found a nice field that he said "was a great place for an engagement" and started work on a fort. While working on all of this his Indian allies told him of French forces that they had spotted. Goerge instructed his men to gather provisions for a days march and they then marched off to meet the French. They found the camp at the bottom of a small cliff and proceeded to surround it. The following is disputed between the French and the English, the French say they were surrounded and fired upon, the English and Goerge say they were discovered and one of the French discovered them and fired first. The end result of this engagement sparked the war, the death of the French Officer, who was rather an important fellow. He was an important person back home. So started the French and Indian War. George Washington and his men sparked the powder keg.
Also, liking what I've seen so far. Especially the maps!
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January 7th, 2010, 01:32 AM
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January 7th, 2010, 01:56 AM
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Excerpt from “And the Forest Floor Ran Red: The French and Indian War” by Harold D. Weaver (Pittsburgh: Fort, 2007)
The spot at the forks of the Ohio River had always been a popular and important location. William Trent, a Briton from the backwoods, had established a highly successful trading post in the 1740s, conducting trade with the various Indian villages in the surrounding area. However good the economic situation was, the British and the French never lost sight of the strategic importance of the forks either, a key for the ensuing conflict. When news of the French southwardly progress arrived in Williamsburg Robert Dinwiddle, the governor of the Virginia colony in absentia[1], saw a threat to the land claims that Virginians (himself included[2]) held in that region and the economic wealth that could come from their speculation by the Ohio Company. In November of 1753 he sent a young militia major, 21 year old George Washington, to Fort Le Boeuf as his emissary with the purpose of getting the French to leave the region. He returned to Williamsburg on January 16th, 1754 with two important documents: the official French reply in a sealed letter (No, Washington being rebuffed by the fort commandant, Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre) and Washington's own notes, a journal and sketches of both the forts and maps of the area. After contemplation of his situation, Dinwiddle decided that the time to act had arrived and called out the militia. Overall command was given to Joshua Fry; meanwhile, orders were issued for two units of volunteer militia, the first under the command of William Trent and the second under the newly commissioned lieutenant colonel George Washington. The first unit, under Trent, was to proceed to the forks with hast and begin construction of a fort; meanwhile the second unit, under Washington, was to construct a road to the forks from Virginia and reinforce Trent’s men. Fry would be following behind with the rest of the regiment as soon as possible, completing the force and taking overall command upon his arrival. Within a month 41 men had arrived at the forks and were at work under Trent constructing a small fort, named Prince George[3], while Washington and Fry made their through the backcountry. The fort was only partially finished when, in April, a large French force arrived from the north. The outmatched Virginians, under the temporary command of Edward Ward[4], peacefully surrendered on April 18th and abandoned the site. Fort Prince George was burned to the ground; in its place a larger, more elaborate fort, Fort Duquesne, was built and named in honor of the Governor-General of New France, the Marquis de Duquesne. ___ [1] The actual governor of Virginia, Willem van Keppel, the 2nd Earl of Albemarle, never set foot in the colony from his appointment in 1737 to his death in 1754 - however, he did receive the annual salary of £1,665. As such, Dinwiddie ran the colony, exercising a vast amount of power while receiving a significantly smaller salary. [2] Due to the smaller salary, acting governors often tried to maximize their income by taking part in speculation and other money making endeavors. Knowing quite well the situations these acting governors often got into, the shareholders of the Ohio Company offered Dinwiddie one of the twenty shares, holding a cash value of £200, or about $40,000 US in 2005. He also received a share of the future profits of the company, providing the incentive to look out for the best interests of the Virginian group of land speculators, which also happened to be his own best interests as well  .[3] Named after Prince George, the future King George III. [4] The reason for Ward's command of the forces (both OTL and ITTL) will be covered in the next update.
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