Asked by Abduragmaan Frank on May 10, 2024
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The French and Indian War began because some American colonists felt that
A) the Indians along the frontier finally had to be subdued.
B) France was encroaching on land claimed by the Ohio Company.
C) they had to aid the English, who were fighting Napoleon in Europe.
D) taxes were too high, so they solicited help from both the French and the Indians.
E) French Jesuits were converting too many Indians to Catholicism.
Ohio Company
A land company formed in 1747 that was granted a tract of land west of the Appalachian Mountains by the British government to promote settlement.
French and Indian War
A major conflict in North America (1754-1763) that was part of the larger Seven Years' War, involving French and native allies against English and their colonies, leading to significant territorial changes.
- Investigate the approaches and relations utilized by European countries, with a focus on the French, within the North American colonial context.
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Learning Objectives
- Investigate the approaches and relations utilized by European countries, with a focus on the French, within the North American colonial context.
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