The heavy military expenditures throughout the Cold War benefited Virginia's economy proportionately more than any other state, especially in Hampton Roads, home to several large naval and air bases, and Northern Virginia, home to the Pentagon and numerous private companies that contract with the military.
Generally speaking, the French and Indian War in the colonies was about "<span>English trappers who wanted to settle the Ohio valley," since this is when the French and the English came into disputes over territorial expansion. </span>
