Before the French and Indian wars, the French controlled the fur trade from their bases in Canada. French merchants traded with the Native Americans in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, even as far as the Missouri River. The French did not settle in these areas but focused on establishing trading posts.
After the French and Indian wars, the British took over the fur trade from the French. Native American tribes were threatened by the western movement of the American colonists. The Ohio Valley Indians fought the French during the French and Indian Wars to block the colonists' Western movements.
The Western colonist movement angered the tribes of the Ohio Valley. The settlers threatened to disrupt and destroy the lucrative fur trade now benefiting England, helping to repay debts incurred during the French and Indian wars. The western settlement had to be stopped in order to preserve peace and the fur trade with the Indians.
The proclamation of 1763 made it illegal for any settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
1) This man wanted a job in America but they weren’t employing Irish men. 2) He wanted to give the employer a black eye and tell him that it is an honor to be an Irish man.
The spanish sought to find profit from new land to create more wealth for the mother country.
The prevailing economic theory of mercantilism held that nations could become wealth through the amount of precious metals that they accumulated. The Spanish, just like other Europeans sought to create wealth
