The English And French In North America

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Who Should Own It?

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Washington Presenting The Governor's Letter

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"In the year 1753 the people of Virginia were alarmed by a report that the French, aided by the Indians, were erecting a long line of military posts on the Ohio. This manoeuvre, predicting no good to the ancient dominion, was properly resented by Robert Dinwiddie, the governor, who wished immediately in the name of his king to forbid the measure."

"But how to convey a letter to the French commandant on the Ohio was the question."

"The moment he [George Washington] heard of the governor's wishes, he waited on him with--a tender of his services."

Calculated To Win Favor

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From The Mississippi Valley historical review...:

The appeal for assistance in a letter of May, 1776, from General Charles Lee who spoke for the Virginia committee of safety was, therefore, not unwelcome to Unzaga, the governor of Louisiana.

The articles which it was hoped would be supplied by Spain were guns, blankets, and medicinal drugs, especially quinine.

The arguments presented were well calculated also to win favor from King Charles III and his advisers for the cause of America.  Should Great Britain succeed in subjugating the colonies, Lee wrote, her army and navy would be free at any moment to take possession of Mexico and Cuba. With America independent, Spanish possessions, it was maintained, need not fear attack.

Great Britain reunited to America would be more dangerous to Spain than one of the two if they remained separated. 

The American Patriot's Prayer

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As Remote As The Moon

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"The North American continent as largely an unknown wilderness, to European eyes as remote as the moon…. . The English colonies were still confined between the Allegheny mountain chain and the Atlantic, a ribbon of settlement two thousand miles long and at most a tenth as wide." [Source: The Path Of Destiny by Thomas H. Raddall]

The Library of Congress site explained that The Proclamation of 1763, declared by the British after the French and Indian War, prohibited further American settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains and was intended to conciliate Native Americans by stopping encroachment on their lands.