Which 18th-century frontier fort at the current site of Cumberland, Maryland, USA was an important military and economic center during the war, 1756-63, that pitted the colonies of British America against those of New FranceFrance?
Fort Cumberland (Maryland) Fort Cumberland (built 1754) was an 18th-century frontier fort at the current site of Cumberland, Maryland, USA. It was an important military and economic center during the French and Indian War (1754–63) and figured significantly in the early career of George Washington.
Fort St. Andrews Fort St. Andrews was a British colonial coastal fortification built on Cumberland Island, Georgia, in 1736. The fort was built by the British as part of a buffer against Spanish Florida and the colonies to the north. The fort was abandoned and later destroyed by the Spanish in mid-1742.