SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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It linked French settlements in Canada and Florida.
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It linked New France and the Atlantic Ocean.
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It linked French settlements in Canada and along the Mississippi River.
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It gave New France access to British-controlled river ports.
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Detailed explanation-1: -To connect the French settlements and to reach American Indian towns, the French used the rivers. The rivers were their main way of traveling. The French wanted to control the American Indian trade in the Ohio River Valley and keep the Pennsylvania traders out.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ohio Valley provided resources for settlers, such as fur-bearing animals that brought a profit from the fur trade. Both French and British fur traders competed for these resources.
Detailed explanation-3: -France was determined to stop the British from expanding westward. The Ohio River was especially important to the French because it provided a vital link between their claims along the Great Lakes and their settlements along the Mississippi River.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fertile soil, plentiful water, navigable rivers and access to regions west and south, such as St. Louis and New Orleans, made our region quite sought after by European powers colonizing North America.
Detailed explanation-5: -What advantage would the French have for gaining control of the Ohio Valley? it lay between Canada and their settlements in the Mississippi River Valley. The British would not be able to expand west.