1. French Fur Traders come to North America

2. French Explorers claimed land for the French King in Canada

3. The French were the first people to come to Ohio who were from Europe. They influenced the other European Explorers to come.

4. Robert LaSalle from France- First white man to explore the Ohio River

7. Traded with the Indians

13. The Fur Trade was started

14. Beaver – The resource

15. Because…. In the 1600s and 1700s, fur hats were popular in Europe. North America became the source of beaver, muskrat, deer, and raccoon pelts for the hat industry in Europe.

16. Pierre Celeron buried 6 lead plates along the Ohio River to claim the land for France.

18. Sample of lead plate

19. The English King was not to happy about these claims in North America

20. King George III sends George Croghan

21. To make friends with the Indians

22. Croghan gave Indians British Flags to fly over their wigwams.

23. Christopher Gist was also sent to Ohio.

25. To find good places to live in the Ohio Country. He measured the land and drew maps.

26. Gist found Ohio to be a great place for English settlements.

27. Conflicts French and British Kings both claiming the land in the Ohio Country. White settlers moving into Indian Territory and destroying the land for the Indian way of life.

28. Lead to War French & Indian War

29. The French & Indians fought against the British

32. The British Won the War