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Why did Major George Washington and his troops surrender at Fort Necessity?

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Jumonville's murder in captivity incited a strong French response, and Washington was unable to defend his makeshift Fort Necessity from French forces led by Jumonville's half-brother. Washington surrendered on July 4 and signed a confession—in French, which he could not read—to Jumonville's assassination.
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