Questions for French and Indian War, Part One.

1) What was the significance of the Forks of the Ohio to each of the

Competing groups?

            The area was good for trade.

2) Why would the British be concerned by the French forts west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Because if they claim land all along the Appalachians, then that would keep the British to the coast and they wouldn’t have anywhere else to go.

3) Which Indians had claims to land at the Forks of the Ohio?

The Iroquois.

           

4) List important individuals in this segment.

Edward Bradik, Half King, George Washington.

5) What qualities did George Washington display as a young military leader? Which of these helped him succeed in his military career?

            George Washington was naive, but one quality that helped him in his later career was that he was ambitious.