What was the original cause for the French and Indian War?

Answer 1

The main cause of the French and Indian War because the colonists wanted Parliament to remove the French from North America. The answer given by the Parliament was always no, therefor a war began.

Answer 2

Competition between French and English colonials for land in the Ohio River valley.

From page 112 from The American Pageant 11th edition

"The fourth struggle, known as the French and Indian War, began in America. Touched off by George Washington in the wilds of the Ohio Valley in 1754, it rocked along on an undeclared basis for two years and then widened into the most far - flung conflict the world had yet seen - The Seven Years' war."

Answer 3

The war was an extension to the New World of conflicts between the French and English that had been going on for centuries in Europe. The Indians favored the French because the French were more interested at this time in trapping and trading for furs with the Indians than in clearing land, building houses and planting crops. Therefore, they seemed less a threat to the Indian's life style than did the English.

Answer 4

the British and French both trying to expand their empires in North America.