1 ene 1749 año - Ohio Company land grant

Descripción:

The Ohio Company, a land speculating company, was granted half a million acres of the Ohio River Valley by the Virginian government. The company consisted if the richest and most powerful in Virginia, including the colony's royal governor, Robert Dinwiddie. This pressured other groups that had their eyes on the land, such as Native American groups, Pennsylvanian speculators, and the French. Great Britain's European rival stepped up their control over the Ohio River Valley, creating tensions between the two countries, which would soon erupt into the French and Indian War.