Chapter 6

Which two European countries were fighting for control of western Pennsylvania's Ohio Rover Valley in the mid-1700s?

• Dutch and England

• England and France

• France and Spain

• Spain and Sweden

Why were these two European countries fighting for this land?

• Build a fort

• Farm land

• Fur trade

• Gold

Who was first sent to western PA to ask the French to leave the region?

• General Braddock

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• William Penn

The Ohio River Valley was located in PA. Why did the colony of Virginia get involved in the disagreement over the Ohio River Valley?

• The founding Quakers did not believe in fighting.

• PA was not interested in the area.

• Virginia claimed this area as its own.

• Virginia had a faster way to get to this area.

Name the fort the French built near Pittsburgh in the Ohio Rover Valley.

• Fort Duquesne

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Pitt

• Fort LeBeouf

Name the fort George Washington built to protect his troops against a French attack.

• Fort Duquesne

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Pitt

• Fort LeBeouf

Who was the Iroquois chief who warned George Washington of the French attack?

• Pontiac

• Squanto

• Half King

• Crazy Horse

Even though he outnumbered his enemy, this British general was defeated and killed in battle on his way to take the French fort.

• Braddock

• Bouquet

• Forbes

• "Mad Anthony" Wayne

After the French burned and deserted their fort, the English took it over. What did they name the new fort?

• Fort Duquesne

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Pitt

• Fort LeBeouf

True or False. PA's nicknames are the Quaker State and the Diamond State.

• True

• False