Known today as the "Buckeye State," Britain and France vied for control of this region in the French & Indian War
Ohio River Valley (Question #2 Answer)
The French & Indian War was fought in North America between these two European powers
Britain & France (Question #1 Study Guide Answer)
The Governor of Virginia sent this man, who we have named many things after in the present day, on a mission to expel the French from Ohio
George Washington (Question #4 Answer)
The French & Indian War was won by this European country
The British and French fought the war largely in order to control this trade, which was worth millions of pounds due to demands for coats and hats in Europe
Fur Trade
American Colonists were annoying the French and Native Americans by moving west across this major mountain range
Appalachian Mountains (Question #8 Answer- The colonists were angry, ignored the law and went west)
In Europe, the French & Indian War was known by this name, of course due to the fact that it lasted nine years...
Seven Years' War (Question #3 Answer)
American colonists thought that land in the Ohio country was free for them to settle, despite the fact that these people had already been living there for thousands of years
Native Americans (Question #5 Answer)
Due to the huge amount of debt they had incurred during the war, the British had to raise these on the American colonists
Taxes
Most of the fur trapping in the Ohio Country was focused on this animal, which is pretty dam interesting...
Beaver
To try and establish control of the fur trade, the French built a fort along this river that forms the modern-day border between Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia
Ohio River
The French & Indian war was ended by a treaty signed in 1763 in this major European city
Paris
This group of Native American tribes was the only faction to ally with the British in the French and Indian War
The Iroquois Confederacy
To prevent American colonists from settling in Ohio after the war, the British issued this law
The Proclamation of 1763 (Question #7 Answer)
Despite winning the French & Indian War, the British Empire's debt reached this staggering amount
£140,000,000 (140 million pounds)
As a result of the war, the British gained all territory in North America east of this major river
The French built this fort in the Ohio Country in order to establish dominance over the fur trade and assert their control over the region, and named it after the Governor-General of New France
Fort Duquesne (Question #6 Answer)
After the French & Indian War, Native Americans in the Ohio Country rebelled against the victorious British and were led by this chief
Pontiac
To raise tax revenue, the British passed this Act, which required colonists to pay taxes on any and all printed documents
The Stamp Act
This Act required colonists to feed and house British soldiers in their homes, and would lead directly to the passage of the 3rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution later on, after the Revolution
The Quartering Act
The fort built by the French in the Ohio Country is located in this modern-day American city...Go Steelers!
Pittsburgh
The French & Indian war was followed by this major conflict in North America only 10 years later
The Revolutionary War (American Revolution)
When King George II of England died in 1760 in the middle of the French & Indian War, he was succeeded by this monarch
King George III
Despite losing the war, the French still maintained control of this region of North America to the west of the Mississippi River, which today is still the name of a U.S. State
Louisiana
A later effect of the war was when Parliament passed the Tea Act, which gave Britain this type of complete economic economic control over the Tea trade in the colonies
Monopoly