<span> Many </span>immigrants came<span> to </span>America<span> seeking greater economic opportunity, while some, such as the Pilgrims in the early 1600s, arrived in search of religious freedom.</span>
With France's defeat in the French and Indian War, Great Britain acquired this territory. The American Indians in the Ohio Country took no formal part in the treaty negotiations.The conflicts that followed became known as the Ohio Indian Wars.
