the battle of fort duquesneIn 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. France's seizure of land that the English and their colonists claimed would eventually lead to the French and Indian War (1756-1763). Between 1754 and 1758, the British struggled to recapture their former possessions. Finally, in 1758, they were victorious.
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