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Constructed by the French in 1754 at the heart of the Ohio River Valley, Fort Duquesne was an important landmark during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763).
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Fort Duquesne was built at the point of land of the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, where they form the Ohio River. Since the late 20th century, this area of Downtown Pittsburgh has been preserved as Point State Park .
The French and Indian War started as a struggle for who would control the land west of the Allegheny Mountains in the Ohio River Valley. As the conflict spread European powers began to fight in their colonies throughout the world. It became a war fought on four continents.
After standing at the point where the Ohio River begins in Pittsburgh, Washington writes in his journal, “As I got down before the Canoe, I spent some Time in viewing the Rivers, & the Land in the Fork, which I think extremely well situated for a Fort; as it has the absolute Command of both Rivers.”
21 gru 2020 · Great Britain was determined to respond to France’s military expansion into the Ohio River Valley in 1754. The year’s attempt to capture and build a fort at the Forks of the Ohio River, where the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny Rivers meet (present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), had failed miserably as young Colonel George Washington was ...
Historical maps of the Ohio River Valley, including the Allegheny River. Includes maps of the Great Lakes and frontier forts such as Fort Pitt, Fort Duquesne, and Fort Venango.
Fort Duquesne (originally called Fort Du Quesne) was the most important of the French posts built in the Ohio Country, Fort Duquesne commanded "the Forks" (modern Pittsburgh), where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio.
