THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Effect:The British and French competed for the Ohio Valley.
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Effect:It ended the French and Indian War.
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Effect:Parliament passed the Sugar Act.
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Effect:Colonists were angered. They believed the British government had no right to keep them off western lands.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Both countries wanted control of the Ohio River Valley because of the profitable fur trade. The two countries could not agree on their boundaries. The British claimed land along the Atlantic Coast to the Appalachian Mountains.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did both Britain and France want control of the Ohio River valley? What economic activity in the region was important for the French? Both wanted the land because of the animals. The animals’ fur offered great money.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was the main cause of the French and Indian War? The French and Indian War began over the specific issue of whether the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire, and therefore open for trade and settlement by Virginians and Pennsylvanians, or part of the French Empire.