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Who were the Frontiersman who captured kaskaskia and vincennes?
George Rogers Clark.
What sequence of events led to clarks final taking control of the fort at vincennes in february 1779?
They surprised the British and won back the front
Who won the battle of Kaskaskia?
July 4, 1977, George Rogers Clark defeated the British and captured Kaskaskia near the Mississippi River. Clark had been organizing the defense of the sparsely settled Kentucky region against British and Indian ally raids. In October 1777, Clark puts before Virginia governor Patrick Henry a plan to capture several British posts in the Illinois country, of which Kaskaskia is one. Clark and about 175 men take the fort and town, which is inhabited mainly by French settlers. Clark convinces them and their Indian allies on the Wabash River to support the American cause. The British continue to hold sway at Fort Detroit, commanded by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, and Clark spends the next several years attempting to dislodge him. Washington writes governor of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, December 28, 1780, in support of Clark's efforts to take Fort Detroit.
Why did George Rogers Clark capture Fort Kaskaskia?
To prevent the British from establishing a second western front in the Revolutionary War.
Is it true that Clark was not able to maintain his hold on the fort in Vincennes and it was retaken by Colonel Hamilton and his troops?
Yes.
