Multiple choice

What Fort came after the burning of Fort Duquesne?

  1. Fort Ohio

  2. Fort Lancaster

  3. Fort Pitt

  4. Fort Tittermaan
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Explanation

In late 1758, as British forces approached, the French burned and abandoned Fort Duquesne. The British subsequently constructed a much larger and stronger fortification on the same site, naming it Fort Pitt in honor of William Pitt the Elder.

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