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  2. Ohio Country - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. French presence in the Ohio Valley - Wikipedia

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    At the places where major rivers joined the Ohio River, the party stopped and buried one of the tablets. On a nearby tree, a metal plaque was placed, asserting the claims of France and stating that the tablet lay nearby. This practice of burying plates first began in Europe in the Middle Ages and was a common way to show land ownership.

  4. Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville - Wikipedia

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    During this war, England blockaded New France, breaking down the French fur trade. The British became the major trading partners with Native Americans in the Ohio valley. France claimed the Ohio Valley (and indeed the entire Mississippi basin) on the basis of the explorations made by La Salle in 1669 and 1682.

  5. Ohio River - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Ohio River valley, drawn by Bellin from observations by de Lery, is in Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix's History of New France. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The 1744 Bellin map, "Map of Louisiana" ( French : Carte de La Louisiane ), has an inscription at a point south of the Ohio River and north of the Falls: "Place where one found the ...

  6. List of battles fought in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Northwest Indian War - Wikipedia

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    In the French and Indian War (1754–1760), France and Great Britain fought for control of the region south of the Great Lakes known as the Ohio and Illinois countries. . Indigenous tribes of the region fought on both sides of the conflict, aligning themselves with the imperial power best suited to their economic and political

  8. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/George Washington's map ...

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    Wikipedia: Featured picture candidates/George Washington's map of the Ohio River region

  9. File:Map Europe alliances 1914-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Concert of Europe; European balance of power; European theatre of World War I; France–Russia relations; Franz Joseph I of Austria; Friedrich von Pourtalès; History of Western civilization; Military alliance; Polish Legions in World War I; Sweden during World War I; Switzerland during the world wars; Treaty of London (1915) Triple Alliance ...