To stop the expansion of British colonists. The french were upset of the colonials continuous encroachment onto french land. This was not during the French and Indian War, but a prelude of what is to come.
Shared by the French and Native Americans
The Ohio River Valley was at the center of the dispute. There, the opening shots of the war were fired by soldiers led by George Washington.
the British did not gain any they had the same 13
British law made after the French and Indian War that forbid colonists from moving and settling west into the Ohio river valley
According to Historians, the French were known to have owned the land west of the Mississippi before the French and Indian War.
river
Because they had both claimed land on Ohio River Valley.
Ohio River Valley
The Ohio River Valley
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They were fighting over the Ohio River Valley.
The French and Indian War began in the Ohio River Valley and ended in Paris.
both french and the british wanted the land in the Ohio river valley/
The war started in 1742 in the Ohio River Valley
ohio river valley
Ohio river valley
The Ohio River Valley and Canada