- The Cherokee were very important allies to the British
- French kept moving south
- British were worried the French would raid them
- George Washington killed French officer and French made Washington surrender
- English tried to defeat French multiple times before they declared war
- Built a fort in the heart of the Cherokee nation
- Great relationship with the Cherokee tribe
- British sent officers to recruit Cherokee for the wore
- Cherokee were promised to come back rich
- Lots of Cherokee went home because they were moving to slow
- Cherokee tried to steal livestock and got shot by farmers
- Cherokee attacked back
- British tried to get some of the Cherokee to turn each other in
- British tricked Cherokee and arrested them
- Two got bailed out
- Cherokee lure out fort commander and kill him but British soldiers kill all the Cherokee headman
- Cherokee attack to see the escape route
- British Surrender and give up the fort containing cannons and they get all of the gunpowder
- Cherokee attack soldiers and officers and captains because there was no gunpowder
- British burn the homes and crops and they become allies with the British
- The types of soldiers were full time and part time who were soldiers as a side job
- Full time soldiers got more important jobs
- Most forts had cannons
- Uniform is 40 pounds of wool
- Different troops had different color uniforms
- underneath they wore a vest and linen shirt
- wore knee length pants with guards for there lower legs to protect from thorns
- gun only capable of shooting a man 80 yards away
- easy to load and fast
- have a sword at end of gun in case someone came at you to attack
- They carried extra clothes, a blanket, food, water, and personal items
- They attacked shoulder to shoulder in a line
- They have 4 elevated platforms to shot cannons from
- lots of storage buildings
- built on the river so they could visit the Cherokee
- nearest Cherokee village was around a mile away
- the fort is about one and a half acres
- nearest British Fort was 150 miles away
One of the best parts of skyping with Mr. Akin was we got to learn a lot cool facts like the uniforms were 40 pounds of wool. Stuff that we wouldn't have been able to learn from Mr. Solarz.