What were the British hoping to win in their war against the french?

The hope and excitement spawned by the Declaration of Independence, announced just four months earlier, with Franklin among the signers, had been replaced by the dread of impending defeat in the face of the overwhelming military power of the British army.

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I believe the answer is they wanted to settle in the Ohio river valley and to trade with the Native Americans and the French were in the way and trying to protect thier trading with Native Americans.

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