 in what was called the Ohio Territory. He planned to attack the hub of French power in the region, Fort Duquesne, which was located in what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The only problem with this plan was that the British had sent the wrong man. General Braddock, by all accounts, was a bit of a jerk. He was temperamental and stubborn. He would never lower himself to listen to his colonial subordinates, and that includes Washington himself. That's a problem when your subordinates know the landscape better than you do.