Question

Who built forts on land claimed by Virginia, prompting the first battles of the French and Indian War?
1.)the Iroquois Confederacy
2.France
3.Spain
4. the Ottawa people

Answer 1

Answer: France

Explanation: Dinwiddie sent Captain William Trent of the Virginia militia to construct a fort at the strategically important forks of the Ohio River and also to convince the local Indians to ally against the French.

Answer 2

Answer:

2. France built forts on land claimed by Virginia, prompting the first battles of the French and Indian War.

Explanation:

• The French and Indian War was the scene of the Seven Years' War, in which the British Empire's North American colonies faced off against the French colonies in, with each side supported by different Indian tribes.
• The French and Indian War began to question whether the Upper Ohio Valley in was part of the British Empire and, therefore, open to trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians.
• 1754, the French and Indian War began.
• The French and Indian War, which was part of the imperial conflict between England and France known as the Seven Years' War.

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