THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1758, an expedition led by General John Forbes finally succeeded in capturing Fort Duquesne, and Fort Pitt was established by the British on the site.
Detailed explanation-2: -It took the British until 25th November 1758 to successfully take Fort Duquesne. Charged by British Prime Minister William Pitt to drive the French back into Canada, General John Forbes advanced his force of 6000 men towards the fort, including 2000 Virginian militiamen under the command of Washington.
Detailed explanation-3: -The attack on Fort Duquesne was part of a large-scale British expedition with 6, 000 troops led by General John Forbes to drive the French out of the contested Ohio Country (the upper Ohio River Valley) and clear the way for an invasion of Canada.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fort Duquesne was a French fort in western Pennsylvania in the French and Indian War (1756-1763). During the late 1740s, William Trent, an Englishman engaged in the fur trade with Ohio Country American Indians, built a trading post at the headwaters of the Ohio River (modern-day Pittsburgh).