And each wanted the claim the fought on both sides but mainly were allies with the French. The war for the Ohio river valley was called the French and Indian war. Another name for the war was the . A soldier named helped lead the British to victory over the French. The ended the war and gave most of France land to Great Britain. After the war the colonies were hit with many different acts and taxes like the stamp act. In 1770 a colonist and British soldiers got an argument that escalated out of control. Three colonists wound up dead at the hand of the British soldiers. This was called the in 1773 during the colonists protested by throwing tea in the Boston harbor after this England issued the forcing many laws on the colonists like the quartering act