they just had a problem crossing it
the British intervened so that the Americans would not fight with the Indians
they just had a problem crossing it
The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to prevent colonists from moving into the Ohio River Valley. Issued by the British government after the French and Indian War, it prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains to stabilize relations with Native Americans and avoid further conflicts. This decree angered many colonists, who felt entitled to the land they had fought for, leading to increased tensions between colonists and British authorities.
British law made after the French and Indian War that forbid colonists from moving and settling west into the Ohio river valley
The colonists wanted to settle the Ohio River Valley.
Settle in the Ohio River valley
Ohio River Valley.
They tried to drive the French out of the Ohio River valley.
A river in the mountains is moving faster than a river on a plain because it is losing altitude faster. A river on a plain is still moving with gravity, but not at the same steepness. The faster the river is moving, the more sediment it is taking which would form a valley much deeper and faster.
so they could farm and settle there.
Settle in the Ohio River valley
Settle in the Ohio River valley