Today Marks the anniversary of the birth of Liberty in America
It all started with the Seven Years War, one of the many conflicts between Britain and France. It actually started on May 28, 1754 when an inexperienced militia officer and Virginia planter named George Washington fired on a delegation of Frenchmen, starting what came to be known as the French-and-Indian War. (Washington was so incompetent that the Iriqois Chief Half-King decided to switch sides and support the French.) At the heart of this conflict was the desire for land; the British had settled North America for the purposes of farming and mining, and they settled more densely than the French, who were more interested in pelts and fur. The ever-growing British population were confined to territories east of the Appalachians, and they eyed the virgin lands of Kentucky and Ohio with covetousness. The French, for their part, were not about to cede their inland empire to a bunch of British colonials, and they were prepared to fight.
