In 1497, John Cabot (an Italian), who sailed for the English, was the first under the British throne to cross the Atlantic. In 1609, Henry Hudson, who sailed for the British and the Dutch, discovered what is now the Hudson River.
Gonna need at least a description of it boss.
Both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west aka the ohio territory
So that the government stays equal in power and that no branch has more power than the other