NovaNet Answer: After the war, the Patriot outposts allowed Americans to lay claim to the Ohio River Valley.
Shared by the French and Native Americans
The British were attacked in the Mississippi Valley and along the Gulf of Mexico by forces from Spain.
They were forbidden to settle the newly acquired area. Britain feared another costly conflict with the Native Americans. This did not stop the colonists from settling, but they faced mortal danger in the river valley. The Native American population greatly outnumbered them. Many colonists were killed in that area, before the Louisiana Purchase.
Indians
Edward Braddock
it said many native americans' joinied the french ...
Ohio River valley
Ohio River Valley
it said many native americans' joinied the french ...
the native Americans called death valley 'Ground on fire"
The British army could not protect settlers from Native Americans.
British armies could not protect settlers from native Americans. The British paid the native Americans to scalp colonists that went west of the Appalachian Mountains.
British armies could not protect settlers from native Americans. The British paid the native Americans to scalp colonists that went west of the Appalachian Mountains.
British armies could not protect settlers from native Americans. The British paid the native Americans to scalp colonists that went west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The British and the French wanted to control the Ohio River valley to exploit the lucrative fur and lumber resources
British
Yes, they did, but it wasn't because of the British losing the war, it was because of the Native Americans set on reservations.