HIS103Y1 Lecture 13: Week 7 Notes - Lectures 13 and 14
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Why does this region matter: ohio river valley, not controlled by the british and french, but the iroquois, river is key > lets french travel with their trade from new france down to. British are stuck > cannot expand west. French > deny ohio river valley to the british. Iroquois held the balance of power: play them off against each other, french and british would compete for friendship with indigenous peoples. In exchange for traditional gifts and material goods: 1744, treaty of lancaster. Protect this region from british settlement > built french forts. France was trying to claim these rivers for their own, possibly at the expense at the. Williamsburg > sends young of cer to nd the french to tell them to leave and to attack if need-be. Sends george washington: takes men to the valley, finds french soldiers, by the end, the french of cer leading men is dead, massacre of french soldiers.
