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** Indian rivalries and warfare, especially between French-aligned Algonquins and British-aligned Iroquois tribes and nations | ** Indian rivalries and warfare, especially between French-aligned Algonquins and British-aligned Iroquois tribes and nations | ||
== Direct causes of the French-Indian War | == Direct causes of the French-Indian War== | ||
* the immediate cause of the war was the growing presence of English colonials across the Appalachian Mountains and into the Ohio Valley | * the immediate cause of the war was the growing presence of English colonials across the Appalachian Mountains and into the Ohio Valley | ||
** the French and their Indian allies opposed these settlements | ** the French and their Indian allies opposed these settlements |