War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome back to Key Battles of the French and Indian War, our survey of the

conflict that shaped the fate of two great empires and laid the groundwork for the American

Revolution.

I'm your host, James Early, as always.

And also, as always, I am joined by my co-host, Jacob, how are you this fine day?

Ah, jean, monsieur, and you, how do you, come on so va?

Ah, good, good. I think I understood that.

I think I'm doing well, and the British are also doing well.

We saw, you know, if you've been listening to this series, you will no doubt remember that in the first several battles of this war, the British just kept taking it on the chin again and again again.

They were like a prize fighter who's just being pummeled and is up against the ropes,

and it looks like he's about to collapse.

However, we saw in our last couple episodes that the British were making a comeback.

We saw a victory two episodes ago, and now we are seeing, that was Louisbourg. The

British took Louisbourg. And then in our last episode, we talked about the two British victories.

British were two for two in that episode. They took Fort Frontenac, which was a major blow,

especially to the French supply chain. And also they took that

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