The colonists called it the French and Indian War, and it permanently shifted the global balance of power. By the mid-18th century, both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, known then as the Ohio Territory.
I'm pretty sure it was Thomas "StoneWall" Jackson.
Two new states were added by the year 1821. Maine was added as a free state and Missouri was added as a slave state
