<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Jumonville Glen </Li> <Li> Fort Necessity </Li> <Li> Braddock Expedition </Li> <Li> Monongahela </Li> <Li> The Trough </Li> <Li> Sideling Hill </Li> <Li> Great Cacapon </Li> <Li> Kittanning </Li> <Li> Forbes Expedition </Li> <Li> Fort Duquesne </Li> <Li> Fort Ligonier </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Jumonville Glen </Li> <Li> Fort Necessity </Li> <Li> Braddock Expedition </Li> <Li> Monongahela </Li> <Li> The Trough </Li> <Li> Sideling Hill </Li> <Li> Great Cacapon </Li> <Li> Kittanning </Li> <Li> Forbes Expedition </Li> <Li> Fort Duquesne </Li> <Li> Fort Ligonier </Li> </Ul> <P> The Battle of Fort Necessity (also called the Battle of the Great Meadows) took place on July 3, 1754, in what is now the mountaintop hamlet of Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania . The engagement was one of the first battles of the French and Indian War and George Washington's only military surrender . The battle, along with the May 28 Battle of Jumonville Glen, contributed to a series of military escalations that resulted in the global Seven Years' War . </P> <P> Washington built Fort Necessity on an alpine meadow west of the summit of a pass through the Allegheny Mountains . Another pass nearby leads to Confluence, Pennsylvania; to the west, Nemacolin's Trail begins its descent to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and other parts of Fayette County along the relatively low altitudes of the Allegheny Plateau . </P>

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