The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
The Oregon trail and the Santa Fe trail.
"The importance in American history of these two covered-wagon trails, the Oregon and the Santa Fe, can hardly be overemphsized. Thanks to them , eastern America penetrated - and ultimately claimed- the West. "
