George Washington was almost killed five times. These include in a clearing in the backwoods, on an icy river, at Braddock’s def
eat in 1755, at Fort Necessity, and which other location? on the way to Fort Duquesne
at the citadel of Louisbourg
on the Plains of Abraham
at Fort Ticonderoga
<span>In the autumn of 1758 British Brigadier General John Forbes was placed in command of the expedition against Fort Duquesne. The Forbes Campaign numbered 1,200 highlanders, 350 royal Americans, and about 5,000 provincials, including about 1,000 Virginians under the command of Colonel George Washington. </span>
The statement that best explains the reasons for building the Panama Canal across the Isthmus of Panama was to shorten sailing time between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. The correct answer is B.
