Chapter 2 Lesson 2 4th Grade Ohio Social Studies

Trading posts were built to allow the French to

• trade directly with the British

• send supplies to settlers and explorers

• trade directly with American Indians

• receive items such as axes and blankets from American Indians

There was conflict between the French and the British in Ohio because both groups wanted to

• farm the same land

• hunt in the same areas

• claim Ohio for their king

• control trade with the American Indians

What did the Ohio Company hire Christopher Gist to do?

• make a survey of the Ohio Country

• set up a trading post

• destory a trading post

• find a water route to Asia

According to the timeline, who was the French trader who first began to trade with American Indians?

• Gist

• Croghan

• Champlain

• de Blainville

How many years after the creation of the Ohio Company did de Blainville order the British to leave the Ohio country?

• one year

• two years

• 48 years

• 100 years