Contextual features of the colonial contradictions between Great Britain and France on the eve of the French and Indian war of 1754-1763

The article is devoted to the study of the economic context of the international contention between the colonial administration of Virginia and the authorities of New France over the development of the territories of the Ohio Valley, which took place in the 1753-1754. Investigation of the role of the military aristocratic clans of Virginia in the events preceding the start of the French and Indian War of 1754-1763 helps to analyze social and economic bounds between colonial authorities, local traders, planters, and metropolitan officials. The international political component of the actions carried out by the British colonists before the start of an open armed conflict in 1754 represents a distinct subject of analysis.