USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The general learned that only 200 French regulars occupied the fort and suffered from low morale and a limited food supply. Additionally, the walls of Fort Duquesne were only six feet thick, meaning that the British cannons could be used for the attack.

Detailed explanation-2: -On June 4, 1754, during the Seven Years’ War, a 22-year-old lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia named George Washington begins construction of a makeshift Fort Necessity.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the early 1750s, the French attempted to deny England access to the Ohio Country. In 1754, a French military force captured Trent’s outpost and began to construct Fort Duquesne. The French also captured several other English settlements in western Pennsylvania.

Detailed explanation-4: -On November 26, 1758, the French burned Fort Duquesne to the ground before retreating. The British soon took over the remains, rebuilt the fort and named it Fort Pitt, after Prime Minister William Pitt.