USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The French and Indian War, the North American phase of the larger Seven Years’ War, began after a series of incidents in the upper Ohio River valley, which the French and British governments both claimed as their territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -The American Indians were fighting to maintain control of their land and their cultural future. The French claimed the Upper Ohio River Valley. They wanted to trade with the American Indians and control the area. The British also claimed the Upper Ohio River Valley.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. They also needed the American Indians living there to be their allies. Unlike the British, the French did not plan to settle in the Ohio River Valley.

Detailed explanation-4: -The British wanted to move into the vast lands of the Ohio River Valley and the land appeared to many British to be “free” for the taking. British colonials involved in fur trading were getting rich, and they too wanted control of the valley, intending to monopolize the fur-trading market.

Detailed explanation-5: -The French and Indian War: A Summary In the early 1750s, France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought it into conflict with the claims of the British colonies, especially Virginia.