A LOST AMERICAN EMPIRE?! The Battle of Fort Duquesne

In the midst of the great Seven Years War, the army of British General John Forbes marched through the wilderness to capture Fort Duquesne. It was one of the Crown's biggest victories, and changed the course of American History forever.
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[@alicepaul6276]

Excellent production, thank you.

[@jefftack3461]

Well done guys! Hope you can do more! Very informative and interesting.

[@thequintanashow5058]

Popped up on my algorithm and so glad it did. You did such a GREAT job of intelligent interviewing. Well done

[@bradycrytzerofficial]

Thank you! I try to guide the story as much as I can.

[@thequintanashow5058]

@@bradycrytzerofficial I noted that. Well done

[@coldmountain1997]

Randomly found this and man this was such a good interview I hope you get the chance to upload more

[@wowbagger3505]

One oversight is the fact that many of the Scot’s Irish that settled in the region were recent descendants of Scottish Border Reavers, who have been described as light cavalry and had generations of experience in Scottish border wars. This also partially explains why they didn’t have great loyalty to the English Crown. My ancestors, the McCollochs, in the Wheeling area were noted horsemen. John established McColloch’s Traders Trail and was a trader, who supplied Bouquet’s forces, particularly livestock feed from the South Branch Valley.

[@smithy3520]

Brilliant documentary enjoyed this

[@jonathanholland8133]

Excellent video. Two thumbs up

[@wowbagger3505]

True, Historians rarely fully consider geography or understand how geology impacts history.

[@bradycrytzerofficial]

To many of us, it’s the most important thing!

[@noraelliott7304]

The British Crown had decapitated and displayed heads for years before 1700's. Henry VII and his daughters Mary and Elizabeth I. Even before then, beheadings and displaying the remains was not unheard of.

[@nickphillips2125]

At 20:26 should be 'up the river... not "down the river"

[@josephwalukonis9934]

Good presentation. The audience must also understand that the French were much smaller in number than the British - 50,000 to 75,000 versus 1.5 million. Food was always an issue for the French. New France never grew enough food to feed itself and had to rely on shipments of food from France. This is why more regular French troops where not sent from Europe. In fact, at one point there was discussion of sending some back because of the strain on the food supply. British North America did not have this problem and they were a major food exporter. Also, because of the relatively small population the French-Canadiens were much more willing to interact with the native americans than the British were. It had become a pattern as early as the mid-late 1600s than many young French men would leave the settlements and live with the native americans, marry women, have children etc. There were British settlers who did this but they were much smaller in number.

[@bradycrytzerofficial]

Excellent insight!

[@eamonanderson1304]

Good video with one important exception. At no time during these events was there ever one French resident in New France for every 10 British residents in the American colonies. The ultimate outcome was always somewhat obvious.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

👍👍 Thx. 😊😊

[@robertericschwartzmiller5069]

Alan Gutchess sounds identical to Bill Belichick.

[@bradycrytzerofficial]

😂 he’s definitely the Bill Belichick of history.

[@user-js7ek9oh3p]

The British had originally limited the Colonies to the land areas east of the Appalachian Mountains, and reserved much Land for the Native Nations... The Colonists wanted ALL the Land to the Mississippi River, and eventually more and more... The French wanted furs, and traded honestly with the locals, without colonizing. It was easy to see why the 'Indians' sided with the English & French.... The Americans consistently broke their Treaties, Waged War & Genocide, Farmed & Grazed anywhere they wanted, took all the land they could, and behaved like greedy thieves.

[@user-mz1sp3wi9b]

The river ways eventually lead to a port and the ocean which was good for trade with Europe and the resources

[@larrysmith7155]

What is the purpose of titling this video "American Revolution". Fort Duquesne was during the French and Indian War. And it was beaver, not deer, that was the object of the French.

[@user-mz1sp3wi9b]

Don't forget the sale of the Louisiana purchase and the idea of manifest destiny

[@user-mz1sp3wi9b]

And the fur trade made Astor a rich man at first the trade was a friendly trade with the indians

[@user-mz1sp3wi9b]

American blood for this country before it was america

[@donphillips4492]

Is Alan Gutchess related to bill beliecheck? He sounds just like him and his mannerisms r very similar

[@darbyohara]

Good video. It’s obvious here the host of the show knows more than the expert he’s interviewing 🤣

[@user-mz1sp3wi9b]

Europe thought they had a right to 6his land before it was the usa

[@noraelliott7304]

Good history for early American colonization.

[@user-mz1sp3wi9b]

It Was friendly until the set up forts and cities and towns and gave indication of staying and settling and fighting snd pushing the indians off the land and taking it from them!!!😢😢