> HISTORICAL THINKING 1.
READING CHECK How did Braddock's defeat at Fort Duquesne show that the
British were not ready to fight a frontier war?

The Braddock expedition, also called Braddock's campaign or (more commonly) Braddock's Defeat, was a failed British military expedition which attempted to capture the French Fort Duquesne (now Downtown Pittsburgh) in the summer of 1755, during the French and Indian War.

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the answer is a. since they were a huge producer of cotton and wanted the most money for it.

the quote by walter cronkite contributes to the central idea of the text by supporting the central idea. cronkite argues that what is deemed “right” for and in america may not be good for other countries. this supports the central idea of the text, that the vietnam war was unpopular in america for multiple reasons- including cronkite’s.