In the early 1750s, colonists in western Pennsylvania and Virginia competed with the Native Americans and French for control of
a. the low country.
b. the forks of the Ohio River.
c. the Fall Line.
d. the Coosa River.
Ans: b. the forks of the Ohio River.
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