At Jumonville Glen, nobody knows who fired the first shots, Washington was only sent to confront the French there since they were in disputed territory. During the battle, Joseph Coulon de Jumonville was killed by a Native American. Afterwards, Washington signed a document that (unbeknownst to him) said he assassinated him after his translator poorly translated the document to him. Washington believed he was signing something that said “the death” or “killing” of Jumonville, not “assassination.”
I wouldn’t say the blame simply falls on Washington, it falls more on whoever fired the first shots at Jumonville Glen and Washington’s translator.
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Yo, he’s the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran
Whose men are all lining up, to put him upon a pedestal
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We TRIED shooting Captain Washington, a power greater than we shielded him.
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(7 Year’s War aka the French and Indian War)
At Jumonville Glen, nobody knows who fired the first shots, Washington was only sent to confront the French there since they were in disputed territory. During the battle, Joseph Coulon de Jumonville was killed by a Native American. Afterwards, Washington signed a document that (unbeknownst to him) said he assassinated him after his translator poorly translated the document to him. Washington believed he was signing something that said “the death” or “killing” of Jumonville, not “assassination.”
I wouldn’t say the blame simply falls on Washington, it falls more on whoever fired the first shots at Jumonville Glen and Washington’s translator.
Yo, he’s the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran
Whose men are all lining up, to put him upon a pedestal
We TRIED shooting Captain Washington, a power greater than we shielded him.