- The Cherokee were important allies to the British
- The french had been slowly moving south
- British worried that french would raid them
- George Washington surrounded and forced to surrend by french
- French tired of dealing with British
- English tried to destroy fort defeated 2 times
- Figured if they had a fort it would help settle between the Cherokee
- 100 soldiers been sent to 100s of miles away
- The English were finally trying to get their act together
- The English were ready to fight
- English were moving slowly to get to the fort and raid
- Cherokee recruits with the English
- Cherokee wanted to fight
- French fort burned down and blown up
- British tried to arrest
- Cherokee doesn't want to turn over any of their people to court
- South Carolina tricked them to thinking English was a day behind them
- By killing Cherokee leaders, war was only option
- Fort commander hid gun powder
- Cherokee surround fort and raid
- Cherokee will eventually patch up relationship with English after war
- Regular military guys are full time soldiers
- All forts had cannons
- Uniform is 40 ponds of wool
- Can see what unit you are by color of coat
- Flip lock musket (like a shotgun)
- takes 20 seconds to load if good at it
- Once you shoot enemy has 20 seconds to get to you
- Sword at end of gun in case the do run at you
- Soldiers carried 60 pound of equipment
- Rows of soldiers, when one shoots the next comes up and the first one goes down
- Get used to carrying the 60 pounds of equipment
- There are 4 platforms for cannons and shooting over the fence
- Gord-house is where soldiers slept
- The lake wasn't there before
- The fort was 1 acre and a half
- Close Cherokee village small
- Towns about every mile
- The nearest English village was 150 miles away