USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The French and Indian War from 1754-1763 was a conflict between Great Britain and France over their territorial possessions in North America. Both countries wanted control of the Ohio River Valley because of the profitable fur trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -The British also claimed the Upper Ohio River Valley. The British settlers wanted to farm the land, the British traders wanted to trade with the American Indians, and the British land speculators wanted to buy the land so they could make a profit selling it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why did the British want to expand their control into the Ohio Valley in mid-1700s? To force the french out of North America. All of the following played a major role in the colonists eventually winning the American Revolution except? Their immediate access to weapons and other supplies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why is controlling the Forks of the Ohio River so important to the French, British, and Native Americans? In Ohio the Natives had rivers, and to break them off meant beter trade.

Detailed explanation-5: -Historians say the main reason the colonists were angry was because Britain had rejected the idea of ‘no taxation without representation’. Almost no colonist wanted to be independent of Britain at that time. Yet all of them valued their rights as British citizens and the idea of local self-rule.