Multiple choice

Where were the British ambushed by the french.

  1. In a ravine on way to Fort Duquesne

  2. the woods

  3. philadelphia

  4. pluto
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Explanation

At the Battle of the Monongahela in 1755, General Edward Braddock's British forces were ambushed in a wooded ravine just miles from Fort Duquesne. The French and their Native American allies utilized guerrilla tactics from the surrounding high ground, inflicting a catastrophic defeat on the British.

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