The time period after the war of 1812 which saw only one political party was called the Era of Good Feelings.
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.
