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This is from a social studies book use at a very smart school just translated by me!!
To the French, the Ohio Valley was an important link between France's holdings in Canada and Louisiana. The British, particularly those in the colonies of Pennsylvania and Virgina, saw it as an area for trade and growth.
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Why did the Ohio Valley become the area of conflict between the French and British in America?
The Ohio river valley became an area of conflict because of the fertile land that it contained. There, the French or the British could set up camps and claim the territory as their own leaving them self sustaining for the most part.
What was the area called that both the english and french wanted to control?
Both the British and the French sought to control the Ohio River Valley or the "Ohio Country". The area encompassed all of present day Ohio, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and eastern Indiana. The issue of Anglo-American settlement in that are lead to the French and Indian War.
Who was the governor of Virginia who claimed that the Ohio Valley was a British colony?
Dinwiddie
What is the river dividing French and British territory?
Ohio river
What is the significance of the battle of fort Niagara?
The conquest of Fort Niagara carried out on July, 25, 1759 by the British army led by Gen. Sir William Johnson, cut off the French in Canada from the Ohio Valley.
How was the Ohio River Valley important to the start of the French and Indian War?
The British and the French wanted to control the Ohio River valley to exploit the lucrative fur and lumber resources
What was the first skirmish of the French and Indian War?
both french and the british wanted the land in the Ohio river valley/
What is the purpose of the French and Indian War?
The answer is that The French and The British where fighting over the land in The Ohio Valley. The result is that the British won and The French lost almost all their land in The Ohio Valley.
What was the conflict in the Ohio valley?
The British and French's fight
What placed caused conflict for the British French and Native Americans?
Ohio River valley
What nation did the Ohio river valley belong to in 1750?
french and British
In 1753 who fought the British settlements in the Ohio river valley?
The French
Who did British expansion collide with in the Ohio river valley?
French farmers
Why was the Ohio valley important to to both the French and the British?
They were both trying to claim land in North America and the the English claimed that the French settled in English territory
In 1753 who fought the british over settlements in the ohio river valley?
The French had claimed the Ohio River Valley first, so they are the ones who fought against the British.
Who claimed the Ohio River Valley?
The British and the FRench claimed it which started the French & Indian War! But in the end the British won.
Why did the British and French go to war in the French and Indian War?
they were fighting over the Ohio valley.
