e French and Indian War (Kravetz 2). While the Albany Plan of Union was a promising plan, its disapproval by the colonies for being too strong quickly made an easy solution of some governmental problems virtually impossible. The success of both Britain and the colonies was depending on a very poor plan of war. The assumption on anyone's part that this victory would be one sided was simply refuted in the first months of the war. The defeat of Washington at Fort Necessity shows that the French were progressing. The beliefs of the colonials that as long as the Redcoats were here that they were sa!
             fe, was not true. Colonials welcomed the Redcoats with open arms but soon realized that they weren't as magnificent and noteworthy as they were played up to be. The disappointment of the colonials was due to the simple fact that the Redcoats fought a European war not a new style war that limited success and sometimes determined failu
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