<P> The 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix opened Kentucky to colonial settlement and established the Ohio River as a southern boundary for American Indian territory . In 1774 , the Quebec Act restored the land east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River to Quebec , in effect making the Ohio the southern boundary of Canada . This appeased the Canadien British subjects but angered the Thirteen Colonies . Lord Dunmore 's War south of the Ohio river also contributed to giving the land north to Quebec to stop further encroachment of the British colonials on native land . During the American Revolution , in 1776 the British military engineer John Montrésor created a map of the river showing the strategic location of Fort Pitt , including specific navigational information about the Ohio River 's rapids and tributaries in that area . However , the Treaty of Paris ( 1783 ) gave the entire Ohio Valley to the United States . </P>
<P> The 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix opened Kentucky to colonial settlement and established the Ohio River as a southern boundary for American Indian territory . In 1774 , the Quebec Act restored the land east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River to Quebec , in effect making the Ohio the southern boundary of Canada . This appeased the Canadien British subjects but angered the Thirteen Colonies . Lord Dunmore 's War south of the Ohio river also contributed to giving the land north to Quebec to stop further encroachment of the British colonials on native land . During the American Revolution , in 1776 the British military engineer John Montrésor created a map of the river showing the strategic location of Fort Pitt , including specific navigational information about the Ohio River 's rapids and tributaries in that area . However , the Treaty of Paris ( 1783 ) gave the entire Ohio Valley to the United States . </P>
how did the us get the ohio river valley
how did the us get the ohio river valley
the Treaty of Paris
the Treaty of Paris