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Excerpt from A Rescued Destiny, Vol. 8: The Age of British Triumph, 1700 1763
Underneath it all lay the traditional racial jealousy between France and England, intensified by the imperial policy of Louis XIV, whose bitter wars for the extension of his power filled Europe with woe for many years. Each desired the New World for its wealth. Both lusted for the furs and reputed gold of America. Each was jealous lest too great power spring from this wealth. The first clash came while Virginia stood alone. As the seaboard was settled by the English and their pioneers struck into the interior, they met the French trading-posts creeping stealthily toward the coast. At every point of contact a new crisis arose. For the most part the French fought with the help of Indian raids and massacres; yet ever the English withstood the blows, spreading steadily westward year by year, bringing greater stress upon a situation already tense. At last the breaking - point was reached; and Wolfe, fiery, impetuous, magnificent in his desperate strategy, risked the destiny of a nation on a single stroke and won! From that hour the United States of America, as we know it to - day, became possible. What might our fate not have been had our destiny not then been rescued! Thereupon the consolidation of the several colonies took a long step forward: their petty jealousies were foregone, their unison a fact. Into what this grew when other, more serious dangers assailed us every American knows. And the men of America learned another lesson. They re-discovered the ancestral trick of fighting. Shoulder to shoulder with British regulars, they grew used to the smell of powder and the sting of wounds. They made themselves certain that in bravery and prowess, in coolness and general ship, they were the equal, or capable of becoming the equal, of the best soldiery of Europe. It was a lesson that stood them in brave stead in the years, soon to come, when former comrades became embattled enemies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
