Historic Highways of America, Vol. 4

Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers

The French were invariably defeated by the British on this continent because the latter overcame natural obstacles which the former blindly trusted as insurmountable. The French made a league with the Allegheniesand Washington and Braddock and Forbes conquered the Alleghenies; the French, later, blindly trusted the crags at Louisbourg and Quebecand the dauntless Wolfe, in both instances, accomplished the seemingly impossible. The building of Braddocks Road in 1755 across the Alleghenies was the first significant token in the West of the British grit which finally overcame. Few roads ever cost so much, ever amounted to so little at first, and then finally played so important a part in the development of any continent. A. B. H. Marietta, O., December 8, 1902. [Pg 12] [Pg 13] [Pg 14] [Pg 15] If Providence had reversed the decree which allowed Frenchmen to settle the St. Lawrence and Englishmen the middle Atlantic seaboard, and, instead, had brought Englishmen to Quebec and Frenchmen to Jamestown, it is sure that the English conquest of the American continent would not have cost the time and blood it did. The Appalachian mountain system proved a tremendous handicap to Saxon conquest. True, there were waterways inland, the Connecticut, Hudson, Delaware, James, and Potomac rivers, but these led straight into the mountains where for generations the feeble settlements could not spread and where explorers became disheartened ere the rich empire beyond was ever reached. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 41152
Author: Hulbert, Archer Butler
Release Date: Oct 23, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English