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The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley [b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France .
Gascoyne (from the French region "Gascogne") Grand Forks (from the French "les Grandes Fourches" or the great forks) Granville (named for Granville Dodge, local railroad executive) Joliette (named for Joliette, Quebec) LaMoure (named for Judson LaMoure, North Dakota legislator born in present-day Quebec)
The French presence in the Ohio Valley was the result of French colonization of North America in present-day Pennsylvania.After Cartier and Champlain's expeditions, France succeeded in establishing relations with the Native American tribes and colonizing the future cities of Montreal and Quebec.
This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Ohio since European contact. The region was part of New France from 1679–1763, ruled by Great Britain from 1763–1783, and part of the United States of America 1783–present.
A map of the original Ohio Country. In the 17th century, the French were the first modern Europeans to explore what became known as Ohio Country. [13] In 1663, it became part of New France, a royal province of French Empire, and northeastern Ohio was further explored by Robert La Salle in 1669. [14]
The French in the Mississippi Valley (University of Illinois Press, 1965) McDermott, John F., ed. Frenchmen and French ways in the Mississippi Valley (1969) Marshall, Bill,ed. France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History (3 Vol 2005) Moogk, Peter N. La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada -A Cultural History (2000). 340 pp.
French Empire and colonies Puppet states and occupied territories (Note: Spanish America was rebelling against Spain and the Dutch colonial empire was occupied by the British) Europe in 1812. France had several puppet states between 1792–1815 (the French First Republic and the First French Empire) and 1852–1870 (the Second French ...
Original - George Washington's map of the Ohio River and surrounding region with notes on French intentions, 1753 or 1754. Reason A historic map not just because of who made it, but because it documents the beginning of the French and Indian War. Washington worked as a surveyor in his youth, so he was capable of producing this himself and the ...