Vantage point

We discussed in class how, in history, there have been different points of view on events depending on what side the person was on. With the account we studied there were three different vantage points. One from the Canadians, on from George Washington's journal, and one from the French. They all told the story how they would want to be percieved.

George Washington's journal said that the French and Canadians came and tried to invade the land, so he ordered his men to shoot out of self defense.

The Canadians said that the Americans fired while they were reading their summons and being peaceful.

We have to take this type of situationm into account when talking about history in times where we only have written records of the accounts and no other types of proof to know who was telling the real story.