They used forts for the same reason that many other peoples did, protection. It is much better than to be out in the open.
It was the french.
They built a chain of forts.
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They built forts for protection when they were fighting the British troops.
The three key forts that the British took over from the French during the colonial conflicts in North America were Fort Duquesne, Fort Ticonderoga (originally Fort Carillon), and Fort Niagara. These forts were strategically important during the French and Indian War, which was part of the larger Seven Years' War. The British capture of these forts significantly shifted control of territory in North America and contributed to the decline of French influence in the region.
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One of the last French forts to fall was Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga. This was the site of a costly and embarrassing failure in the previous year.
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What they did was, build a line a forts
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