There are many reasons why the British Government and the Virginia colonists were eager to remove the French from the Ohio Valley. European nations wanted nothing more than land and power. English settled by the coast while the French settle westward, landlocked. As the population for the English grew, so did the necessity of more land to settle in. As the English pushed west, the French and Natives pushed back. The colonies began to be hemmed in by the French. The French already claimed the land that the English wished to take. What were the English to do"

The Ohio River Valley was to be claimed freely by the English. Surprisingly enough, the French settled there and began to build forts. The Virginians and British Government were irritated by this and asked them to leave or to be driven out. If the French left, there would be enough...