The post established by George Washington in the Ohio country was called Fort Necessity, where he ultimately surrendered to French forces, triggering a deeper conflict in the French and Indian War.
The small post in the Ohio country established by George Washington was called Fort Necessity. George Washington, a young officer in the Virginia colonial militia, constructed this fort following the Battle of Jumonville Glen, which was an early skirmish in the French and Indian War. After the ambush of a French party which led to the death of French commander Jumonville, French forces and their Native American allies compelled Washington to surrender Fort Necessity, setting in motion a series of events that deepened the conflict between Britain and France in North America. This encounter at Fort Necessity was a key contributor to the full-scale war that later became known as the French and Indian War, which was part of the global Seven Years' War.