French and Indian War 1

French Possessions In North America

English Possessions In North America

French in
North
America

British in
North
America

Native Americans

French in
North
America

British in
North
America

The Ohio River Valley is ready to explode!

Why?

A. Earliest & most

important industry
for French
(business) in North
America

B. 1500s-1800s Beaver

fur was used to
make hats, they
were the fashion in
Europe.

* One of the causes of

the French and
Indian War.

1. The Fur

Trade

Beaver Fur

Beaver Trap

* Another cause of the French and Indian War.
A. English colonists bought 500,000 acres of land in the

Ohio Valley to farm.

B. This would hurt the French colonial fur trade.
* Thisbrought economic, religious, and political conflict

between the English and French in the Ohio River
Valley.

2. Land

French in North
America

• Land was originally claimed by French

explorers.

•French fur traders used the Ohio River area for

fur trading.

C. French gov’t built forts to stop English
taking the land.

• The English colonies grew and prospered.

New colonists were looking for more land.

•Free or cheap land offered new

opportunities and economic freedom.

D. English government built forts and
started to grant land to its citizens.

British in North
America