armed conflict between britain and africa

The French had to scrap an attempted invasion of Britain after losing the Battle of Lagos and the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759.

The British under George III were not just fighting over territory in the Americas they were simultaneously involved in maritime battles that tested the might of the British Navy. Montreal fell in September of the following year. They soon took Fort Frontenac from the French and in September of 1758, General John Forbes captured Fort Duquesne and rebuilt a British fort called Fort Pitt in its place in honor of William Pitt.įrom there, British forces marched to Quebec, beating French troops in the Battle of Quebec (also known as the Battle of the Plains of Abraham) in September 1759. Pitt’s gambit worked: The first British victory at Louisburg in July of 1758 revived the sagging spirits of the army. British Victory in the French and Indian War Pitt also reimbursed the colonies for raising armies to beat back the French in North America.

In 1756, Britain's William Pitt decided to take a new tack and began strategically financing Prussia’s army as it took on France and its allies.

Washington would soon be followed in defeat by General Edward Braddock and Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts, both of whom failed to stop the French. The Battle of Fort Necessity on July 3, 1754, (also known as the Battle of Great Meadows) resulted in Washington’s first and only surrender. Rightly fearing reprisal, Washington ordered the construction of the aptly-named Fort Necessity.

Armed conflict between britain and africa