Question

What are some causes of the French and Indian War?

Answer 1

I know it was caused when the British built forts in the Ohio River Valley. However, are there any other causes?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The principal cause was the struggle for control of Prussia. This made the Seven Years War a world war. There were also things to fight about in the colonies:

Both the British and the French said they owned the Ohio country. This land was between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Both wanted it for strategic reasons, for the fur trade, and for possible future settlement.
Both European countries used Native American claims to the land. The British said it belonged to their Iroquois Indians, and the French said it belonged to their Hurons. Neither side asked what the people of the Ohio Country might want. The land supported the beaver pelt.
The British colonists feared the control of a pope in North America. France's land was controlled by the French and the Roman Catholic Church. The Protestant British settlers saw this as a threat to their religious freedoms that they had under English law.

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War

Answer 4

@fateal
Thanks! :)

Answer 5

residual resentment between france and england

trade

the french were rousing up the indians

power (they were both monopolies at the time)

French owned the land that a lot of Americans began to trade on and the French got pissed and started giving the Indians guns and stuff to fight with

land arguement