The cause of the French and Indian War was a) France and Britain's competing claims over land.
b) the Seven Years' War in Europe.
c)
a massacre of Native Americans by the French.
d) the capture of Quebec.

because of its location and commercial importance, atlanta was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the confederate army during the civil war. therefore, it also became a target for the union army. general william tecumseh sherman and his troops captured the city in 1864.