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How did the French respond in the 1700s when British settlers and speculators from Pennsylvania and V1rginia began entering the Ohio country and trading with Native Americans there?

a. They declared war on Britain.

b. They started using gifts to secure allegiances with Native American groups.

c. They retreated further west and north in an attempt to forge new trade relationships.

d. They began building forts to protect their claims to the region.

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d. They began building forts to protect their claims to the region.
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