French And Indian War

The French And Indian War was the American Continental incarnation of the Seven Years War in Europe, in which the English and the French (and their allies) fought amongst themselves.

The French and Indian War is actually the name given to the last conflict in a series of French and Indian Wars, which started in 1689 with King William's War and ended in 1763. The major area of dispute was the North West Territory and Canada, which, though not exactly Terra Nullius, was close enough that France and England could both claim it and fight over it.

The start of this war revolved around the Ohio River valley. Competing business interests, the Ohio Company of Virginia and the French Crown, were looking at occupying the Upper Ohio river and settling it. The French moved first, building forts on the St. Lawrence, Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, and Wabash rivers. The English responded with forts of their own at Halifax and Oswego. To further their claims, the English sent frontier settlers across the Appalachian mountains and allowed the Ohio Company to enter the Upper Ohio.

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